ALAN MACKAY LIMITED

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SC215301 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-01
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£39k£79k£118k£158k£197kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£196.9k
Net assets—£196.9k
Average employees1—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-04-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-04-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN MACKAY LIMITED
  17. 2001-02-01
    ➕
    MACKAY, Irene May appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-02-01
    ➕
    MACKAY, Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2001-02-01
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-02-01
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-02-01
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-02-01
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACKAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/02/2017

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
Incorporated2001-02-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Garthfield
Padanaram
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACKAY, Irene May→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Alan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-02-01
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Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-01 · resigned 2001-02-01
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-01 · resigned 2001-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-06