MCG PUBLIC HOUSE LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC826068 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
5 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2025-10-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-10-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MCG PUBLIC HOUSE LIMITED
  5. 2024-10-16
    MCGREGOR, Ross Lindsay appointed
    director
  6. 2024-10-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

3 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Maevic Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Marketing Afterdark Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Chefdeanbanks Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
MCG PUBLIC HOUSE LIMITED
This company · SC826068

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maevic Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/09/2025
Marketing Afterdark Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/10/2024
Chefdeanbanks Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ruairi Fraser Mitchellceased 29/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2024-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

19-23 19-23 Bridge Street
Dollar
FK14 7DE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCGREGOR, Ross Lindsay
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-10-16
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Recent filings (5 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-16