MCDOUGALL COMMERCIALS HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC755140 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-12
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£367.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £367,183

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£367k
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£73k£147k£220k£294k£367kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£680.0k
Debtors£2
Net assets£367.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-21
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2023-08-21
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-08-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-01-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MCDOUGALL COMMERCIALS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  7. 2023-01-12
    LISAK, Patryk Kamil appointed
    director
  8. 2023-01-12
    SHANKLAND, Martin William appointed
    director
  9. 2023-01-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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
Mr Martin William Shankland
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/01/2023
Mr Patryk Kamil Lisak
Individual · Polish · DOB 07/1998 · age 28
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting12/01/2023

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
Incorporated2023-01-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Farries Kirk Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park
Tinwald Downs Road
Dumfries
Dumfries And Galloway
DG1 3SJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LISAK, Patryk Kamil
director · ~28y · appointed 2023-01-12
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Active
SHANKLAND, Martin William
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-01-12
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-12