MCHR 2007 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC315837 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-02
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
59 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2020-03-11
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    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  12. 2020-02-11
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    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  13. 2019-11-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-03-06
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2019-03-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-03-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-03-01
    ➕
    CHISHOLM, Bruce appointed
    secretary
  18. 2019-03-01
    ➖
    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  20. 2007-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As MCHR 2007 LIMITED
  21. 2007-02-02
    ➕
    CHISHOLM, Bruce appointed
    director
  22. 2007-02-02
    ➕
    RAY, John William appointed
    director
  23. 2007-02-02
    ➕
    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

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 78 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 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 John William Ray
Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
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
Incorporated2007-02-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 14 Ashley Base Pitmedden Road
Dyce
Aberdeen
AB21 0DP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CHISHOLM, Bruce→
secretary · appointed 2019-03-01
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Active
CHISHOLM, Bruce→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-02-02
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Active
RAY, John William→
director · ~78y · appointed 2007-02-02
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Active
RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-02 · resigned 2019-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-03-12