AYRSHIRE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC270100 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-01
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
£309.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £309,258
Net assets shrinking
Down £61,733 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£377k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£309k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£412k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£100k£200k£301k£401k£501kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£314.8k£385.9k
Current assets£412.5k£500.8k
Cash£377.1k£377.3k
Debtors£1.3k£83.5k
Net assets£309.3k£371.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2016-10-04
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    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2016-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As AYRSHIRE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION LTD.
  17. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    MATHER, Michelle Denise appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    MATHER, Michelle Denise appointed
    director
  19. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    MCDOWALL, Scott appointed
    director
  20. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-07-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-07-01
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-07-01
    ➖
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Scott Mcdowell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
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
Incorporated2004-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

54 South Beach
Troon
Ayrshire
KA10 6EF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MATHER, Michelle Denise→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATHER, Michelle Denise→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDOWALL, Scott→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-30