MALCOLM CONTRACTS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC728232 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-01
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£161.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £161,841
Cash YoY
+139%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£126k
↑ 139% YoY
Net Worth
£162k
↑ 106% YoY
Current Assets
£219k
↑ 111% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £403.3k | £203.7k |
| Current assets | £218.7k | £103.9k |
| Cash | £125.8k | £52.6k |
| Debtors | £79.3k | £25.2k |
| Net assets | £161.8k | £78.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-01🏢Company incorporatedAs MALCOLM CONTRACTS LTD
- 2022-04-01➕MALCOLM, Angus Iain Mitchell appointeddirector
- 2022-04-01➕MALCOLM, Hamish Gordon appointeddirector
- 2022-04-01📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MALCOLM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Angus Iain Mitchell Malcolm Individual · British · DOB 04/1989 · age 37 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 01/04/2022 |
Mr Hamish Gordon Malcolm Individual · British · DOB 05/1998 · age 28 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/04/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities
Registered office
10 Duckburn Business Park
Dunblane
FK15 0EW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MALCOLM, Angus Iain Mitchell→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MALCOLM, Hamish Gordon→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2022-04-01
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Recent filings (10 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-01