MCW PROPERTY GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC779237 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-16
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
    WISHART, Jaxon James appointed
    director
  2. 2026-03-02
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-06-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-20
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-09-21
    WISHART, Jaxon James resigned
    director
  6. 2023-09-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-08-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MCW PROPERTY GROUP LTD
  8. 2023-08-16
    MCLAREN, Sean Fraser James appointed
    director
  9. 2023-08-16
    WISHART, Jaxon James appointed
    director
  10. 2023-08-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-08-20: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Fraser James Mclaren
Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/08/2023
Mr Jaxon James Wishart
Individual · British · DOB 03/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control16/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

32 Carrick Knowe Avenue
Edinburgh
EH12 7BX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MCLAREN, Sean Fraser James
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-08-16
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Active
WISHART, Jaxon James
director · ~31y · appointed 2026-03-02
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Active
WISHART, Jaxon James
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-08-16 · resigned 2023-09-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-16