A. CONNOLLY & BUCHANAN LIMITED

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SC033998 · ltd · incorporated 1959-05-13
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
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£168.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
99 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
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £168,254
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,171 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£168k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 70% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£37k£74k£111k£148k£184kJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£168.3k£184.4k
Current assets£6.4k£21.6k
Net assets£168.3k£184.4k

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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-31
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  2. 2024-06-25
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  3. 2023-03-30
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  4. 2022-06-20
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-06-11
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  7. 2019-03-29
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  8. 2018-03-30
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  9. 2017-03-31
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  10. 2016-03-31
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  11. 2015-07-20
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  12. 2015-03-30
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  13. 2015-03-18
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  14. 2015-03-18
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  15. 2015-03-18
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  16. 2015-03-09
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    MCCLURE, Marjorie Anne appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-03-09
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    MACKENZIE, Hilary Morag resigned
    secretary
  18. 2015-03-09
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    MACKENZIE, Hilary Morag resigned
    director
  19. 2014-04-30
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    MCCLURE, Marjorie Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2000-01-01
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    MACKENZIE, John Robert appointed
    director
  21. 1999-12-16
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    MACKENZIE, Lucia Amelia resigned
    director
  22. 1998-05-30
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    MACKENZIE, Duncan resigned
    director
  23. 1998-05-11
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    MACKENZIE, Lucia Amelia appointed
    director
  24. 1959-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As A. CONNOLLY & BUCHANAN LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Hilary Morag Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Marjorie Anne Mcclure
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Robert Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1959-05-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

42 Station Road
Dunure
Ayr
KA7 4LL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MCCLURE, Marjorie Anne→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKENZIE, John Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLURE, Marjorie Anne→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKENZIE, Hilary Morag→
secretary · resigned 2015-03-09
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Duncan→
director · ~103y · resigned 1998-05-30
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Hilary Morag→
director · ~74y · resigned 2015-03-09
Resigned
MACKENZIE, Lucia Amelia→
director · ~103y · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 1999-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

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2025-07-21
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2025-03-31
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2024-07-15
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2024-06-25
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2023-07-17
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2023-03-30
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2022-07-27
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2022-06-20
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2021-08-19
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2021-06-30
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2020-07-16
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accounts · AA
2020-06-11
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2019-07-23
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-28