MACKENZIE PODIATRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC311124 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£28.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 6.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 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 £27,977
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,468 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£28k
↓ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£13k£19k£25k£32kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£99.4k£30.4k
Current assets£20.8k£31.6k
Net assets£28.0k£30.4k

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

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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  2. 2024-11-25
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  3. 2023-08-25
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  4. 2022-10-20
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  5. 2021-10-07
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  6. 2020-12-18
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  7. 2019-11-07
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  8. 2019-10-24
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  9. 2019-10-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  10. 2018-12-11
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  11. 2017-12-15
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  12. 2016-12-07
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  13. 2015-12-08
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  14. 2015-11-04
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  15. 2014-11-26
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  16. 2014-11-05
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  17. 2006-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As MACKENZIE PODIATRY LIMITED
  18. 2006-10-30
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    MACKENZIE, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-10-30
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    MACKENZIE, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-30
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    MACKENZIE, Richard Niall appointed
    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 "MACKENZIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Niall Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Morris And Young
Chartered Accountants
6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Margaret Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-30
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MACKENZIE, Margaret Elizabeth→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-10-30
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Active
MACKENZIE, Richard Niall→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-10-30
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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 charge1 property11/10/2019—
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Recent filings (44 total)

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2025-10-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
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accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-10-24