MACSWEEN'S DUNGANICHY LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC273960 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£212.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £212,052

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£129k
Net Worth
£212k
Current Assets
£227k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£45k£91k£136k£182k£227kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£284.6k—
Current assets£227.2k—
Cash£129.2k—
Debtors£1.4k—
Net assets£212.1k—
Average employees—300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2020-12-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  6. 2020-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2016-02-27
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    MACSWEEN, Margaret resigned
    director
  13. 2015-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-03-17
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2015-03-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2014-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-11-04
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    MACSWEEN, Martha resigned
    director
  19. 2004-09-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MACSWEEN'S DUNGANICHY LTD
  20. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Hector appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACKAY, Norma appointed
    director
  22. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Donald Norman appointed
    director
  23. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Hector appointed
    director
  24. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-09-28
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Margaret appointed
    director
  27. 2004-09-28
    ➕
    MACSWEEN, Martha appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACSWEEN" — 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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

6 Dunganichy
Isle Of Benbecula
Western Isles
HS7 5LX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MACSWEEN, Hector→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, Norma→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
MACSWEEN, Donald Norman→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
MACSWEEN, Hector→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-09-28
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2004-09-28
Resigned
MACSWEEN, Margaret→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2016-02-27
Resigned
MACSWEEN, Martha→
director · ~105y · appointed 2004-09-28 · resigned 2007-11-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—16/03/2015—
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-09