MACREBUR CONTRACTING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC635885 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-178.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of roads and motorways
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £178,582
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£51k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
-£179k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£58k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£179k-£109k-£40k£29k£98k£167kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-178.6k£-177.1k
Current assets£58.5k£167.3k
Cash£50.9k£158.1k
Debtors£7.6k£9.2k
Net assets£-178.6k£-177.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-05-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-31
    BRECKELL, Lisa Jane resigned
    director
  7. 2022-08-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-07-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-27
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-08-16
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-07-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MACREBUR CONTRACTING LIMITED
  13. 2019-07-11
    BURNETT, Nicholas Peter appointed
    director
  14. 2019-07-11
    MCCARTNEY, Toby Jon appointed
    director
  15. 2019-07-11
    REID, Gordon Michael appointed
    director
  16. 2019-07-11
    BRECKELL, Lisa Jane appointed
    director
  17. 2019-07-11
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Macrebur Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Macrebur Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
MACREBUR CONTRACTING LIMITED
This company · SC635885

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Macrebur Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/07/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nicholas Peter Burnettceased 27/07/2020· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42110 — Construction of roads and motorways

Registered office

Unit 3 Broomhouses Industrial Estate
Lockerbie
DG11 2RZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BURNETT, Nicholas Peter
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-07-11
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Active
MCCARTNEY, Toby Jon
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-07-11
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Active
REID, Gordon Michael
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-07-11
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Active
BRECKELL, Lisa Jane
director · ~37y · appointed 2019-07-11 · resigned 2022-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-27