M.S.E.P LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC855277 · ltd · incorporated 2025-07-11
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
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-01-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Machray Holdings Limited
  3. 2025-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As M.S.E.P LIMITED
  4. 2025-07-11
    BALLINGALL, William Gerard appointed
    director
  5. 2025-07-11
    FORSYTH, Thomas Alan appointed
    director
  6. 2025-07-11
    HIGGINS, Jordan appointed
    director
  7. 2025-07-11
    TIMLIN, Brian appointed
    director
  8. 2025-07-11
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

60/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 0.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Oakfield House 378 Brandon Street
Motherwell
Lanarkshire
ML1 1XA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BALLINGALL, William Gerard
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-07-11
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Active
FORSYTH, Thomas Alan
director · ~79y · appointed 2025-07-11
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Active
HIGGINS, Jordan
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-07-11
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Active
TIMLIN, Brian
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-07-11
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Machray Holdings
Machray Holdings Limited
A registered charge12/01/2026
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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-01-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-07-11