D R MACLEOD LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC806656 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 13 → 15
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1315
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£7.23M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
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
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
15 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.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £7,228,117
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4.5m
↓ 8.7% YoY
Net Worth
£7.2m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£7.2m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1.4m£2.9m£4.3m£5.8m£7.2mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£7.23M£7.18M
Current assets£7.23M£7.18M
Cash£4.53M£4.96M
Debtors£2.69M£2.22M
Net assets£7.23M£7.18M

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

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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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-05-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-05-14
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2024-05-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2024-05-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2024-05-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2024-05-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2024-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As D R MACLEOD LIMITED
  14. 2024-04-11
    MACLEOD, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  15. 2024-04-11
    MACIVER, Dawn Campbell appointed
    director
  16. 2024-04-11
    MACLEOD, Margaret appointed
    director
  17. 2024-04-11
    MACLEOD, Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2024-04-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACLEOD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACLEOD, Mark (same surname) appointed 2024-04-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Macleod
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/04/2024
Mrs Dawn Campbell Maciver
Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/04/2024
Margaret Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Brodies & Co. (Trustees) Limitedceased 22/04/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Customs House
Quay Street
Stornoway
HS1 2XX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MACLEOD, Margaret
secretary · appointed 2024-04-11
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Active
MACIVER, Dawn Campbell
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-04-11
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Active
MACLEOD, Margaret
director · ~71y · appointed 2024-04-11
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Active
MACLEOD, Mark
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-11
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-23
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-11