MACCOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC742554 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-26
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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: high (80/100)

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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,023
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 3.7% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£5.0k£4.8k
Cash£7.0k£7.0k
Net assets£5.0k£4.8k

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
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-08-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-08-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-08-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MACCOLL HOLDINGS LIMITED
  13. 2022-08-26
    MACCOLL, Lauren Philippa appointed
    director
  14. 2022-08-26
    MACCOLL, Scott appointed
    director
  15. 2022-08-26
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    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 "MACCOLL" — 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lauren Philippa Maccoll
Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/08/2022
Mr Scott Maccoll
Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/08/2022

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
Incorporated2022-08-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Douglas Street
Hamilton
Lanarkshire
ML3 0BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACCOLL, Lauren Philippa
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-08-26
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Active
MACCOLL, Scott
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-08-29