CADZOW PLANT HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC086609 · ltd · incorporated 1984-02-07

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£476.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

105 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £476,406

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.0m

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£476k

↑ 3.0% YoY

Current Assets

£1.0m

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£476.4k	£462.7k
Current assets	£1.00M	£1.19M
Cash	£1.00M	£1.19M
Debtors	£348	£348
Net assets	£476.4k	£462.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2024-01-26
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2023-01-17
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2022-01-13
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accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-12-24
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accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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capital · SH03
2018-11-21
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capital · SH06
2018-11-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-11-09
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2017-11-30
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2016-12-29
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accounts · AA
2016-11-01
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officers · TM01
2016-02-13
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MACAULEY, Ernest James, Executors Of The Late resigned
director
2016-02-06
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BRAILSFORD, Margaret Walker appointed
director
2000-04-30
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GARDINER, John resigned
director
1984-02-07
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Company incorporated
As CADZOW PLANT HIRE LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Marion Simpson Macauley Individual · British · DOB 12/1946 · age 80	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Executors Of The Late Ernest James Macauleyceased 31/10/2018· 50-75% shares

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

Incorporated1984-02-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

15 Forrest Street

Blantyre

Glasgow

G72 0JP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-21

Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACAULEY, Marion Simpson→

secretary

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Active

BRAILSFORD, Margaret Walker→

director · ~59y · appointed 2016-02-06

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Active

MACAULEY, Marion Simpson→

director · ~80y

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Active

GARDINER, John→

director · ~83y · resigned 2000-04-30

Resigned

MACAULEY, Ernest James, Executors Of The Late→

director · ~81y · resigned 2016-02-13

Resigned

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