MCKAY LANDSCAPES SCOTLAND LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC729724 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-14
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
£11.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed trade-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,485

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
£11k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£11kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£11.5k£9.2k
Current assets£7.3k£9.0k
Cash£2.8k
Debtors£4.6k
Net assets£11.5k£9.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-08-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-07-08
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-07-01
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2025-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MCKAY LANDSCAPES SCOTLAND LTD
  9. 2022-04-14
    MCKAY, Jamie appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-14
    MCKAY, Liam appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 "MCKAY" — 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 signal

Limited 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

1 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-27

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jamie Mckay
Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/04/2022
Mr Liam Mckay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/04/2022

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
Incorporated2022-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Unit 3, Morris Park, 37 Rosyth Road
Glasgow
G5 0YE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCKAY, Jamie
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active
MCKAY, Liam
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-04-14
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-14