ALAN MACKAY MACHINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC272254 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-20
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
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. 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
72 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-10-16
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    ANDERSON, Ross resigned
    director
  6. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-12-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-12-31
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    STURROCK, Gordon resigned
    director
  18. 2009-12-01
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    MACKAY, Irene May appointed
    director
  19. 2009-12-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Ross appointed
    director
  20. 2009-12-01
    ➕
    STURROCK, Gordon appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN MACKAY MACHINERY LIMITED
  22. 2004-08-20
    ➕
    MACKAY, Irene May appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-08-20
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    MACKAY, Alan appointed
    director
  24. 2004-08-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-08-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-08-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-08-20
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 73 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 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 Alan Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Garthfield
Padanaram
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MACKAY, Irene May→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Alan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-08-20
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Active
MACKAY, Irene May→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2004-08-20
Resigned
ANDERSON, Ross→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-12-01 · resigned 2023-10-16
Resigned
STURROCK, Gordon→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-12-01 · resigned 2012-12-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-20 · resigned 2004-08-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05