A T MCGARRITY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC336969 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-30

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£29.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £29,054

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£29k

↑ 52% YoY

Current Assets

£13k

↑ 316% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£31.2k	£24.0k
Current assets	£13.5k	£3.2k
Net assets	£29.1k	£19.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-31
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-01-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-12-31
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MURPHY, Steven Blyth resigned
secretary
2019-12-31
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MURPHY, Steven Blyth resigned
director
2019-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-01-30
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Company incorporated
As A T MCGARRITY LIMITED
2008-01-30
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MURPHY, Matthew Cunningham appointed
director
2008-01-30
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MURPHY, Steven Blyth appointed
secretary
2008-01-30
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MURPHY, Steven Blyth 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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Matthew Cunningham Murphy Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Steven Blyth Murphyceased 31/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2008-01-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47220 — Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores

Registered office

2 Stevenson Street

Kilmarnock

KA1 2RF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-13

Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MURPHY, Matthew Cunningham→

director · ~71y · appointed 2008-01-30

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Active

MURPHY, Steven Blyth→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-30 · resigned 2019-12-31

Resigned

MURPHY, Steven Blyth→

director · ~59y · appointed 2008-01-30 · resigned 2019-12-31

Resigned

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