CANONBURY INTERIORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC238719 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-28
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees2200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CANONBURY INTERIORS LIMITED
  17. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    MACKAY, Martin Fraser appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    MACKAY, Martin Fraser appointed
    director
  19. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    MACKAY, Sarah Marion appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-10-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-10-28
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Sarah Marion Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2002-10-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Redwood
19 Culduthel Road
Inverness
IV2 4AA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MACKAY, Martin Fraser→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-28
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Active
MACKAY, Martin Fraser→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-10-28
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Active
MACKAY, Sarah Marion→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-10-28
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-28 · resigned 2002-10-28
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-28 · resigned 2002-10-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-07