ROSS MCLELLAND & COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC311555 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-07

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£39.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Dental practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £39,561

Net assets shrinking

Down £2,622 YoY

Cash YoY

+464%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↑ 464% YoY

Net Worth

£40k

↓ 6.2% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↑ 145% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£97.6k	£121.1k
Current assets	£9.8k	£4.0k
Cash	£1.1k	£188
Debtors	£5.4k	£1.2k
Net assets	£39.6k	£42.2k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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2025-06-17
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2024-07-17
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2023-06-05
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2022-04-22
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2021-06-17
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2020-04-09
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2019-04-26
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2018-04-27
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accounts · AA
2017-05-23
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accounts · AA
2017-02-06
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STEPHEN, Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2017-02-06
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officers · TM02
2016-06-01
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accounts · AA
2015-11-17
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2015-09-22
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accounts · AA
2014-11-19
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2007-04-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2006-11-07
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Company incorporated
As ROSS MCLELLAND & COMPANY LIMITED
2006-11-07
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MCLELLAND, Ross appointed
director
2006-11-07
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STEPHEN, Elizabeth appointed
secretary

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCLELLAND" — 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ross Mclelland Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-11-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

1 Waverley Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1XH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCLELLAND, Ross→

director · ~64y · appointed 2006-11-07

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Active

STEPHEN, Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2006-11-07 · resigned 2017-02-06

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	11/04/2007	—

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