MACDONALD MACIVER & COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC351019 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£86.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
45 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £86,734
Net assets shrinking
Down £25,212 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£87k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£40k£79k£119k£158k£198kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£96.7k£131.9k
Current assets£151.0k£197.8k
Net assets£86.7k£111.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-01
    ➕
    MACIVER, Jonathan Grant appointed
    director
  6. 2021-11-01
    ➕
    WELSH, Lauren Macdonald appointed
    director
  7. 2021-11-01
    ➖
    MACIVER, Ian resigned
    director
  8. 2021-11-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2021-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-09-18
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    MACIVER, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2008-11-07
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    Company incorporated
    As MACDONALD MACIVER & COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2008-11-07
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Angus William appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-11-07
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Angus William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 "MACDONALD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Angus William Macdonald
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1951 · age 75
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
Incorporated2008-11-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

20 Francis Street
Stornoway
Western Isles
HS1 2NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MACDONALD, Angus William→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-07
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Active
MACDONALD, Angus William→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-11-07
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Active
MACIVER, Jonathan Grant→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-11-01
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Active
WELSH, Lauren Macdonald→
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-11-01
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Active
MACIVER, Ian→
director · ~85y · appointed 2013-09-18 · resigned 2021-11-01
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
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property21/10/2009—
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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-02-22