MCAULEYS MARITIME SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC380686 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-21
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52220
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-08-09
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  4. 2022-12-07
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  5. 2021-09-13
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  6. 2021-05-17
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    capital · SH08
  7. 2020-12-07
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  8. 2020-12-07
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  9. 2020-12-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  10. 2020-06-26
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  11. 2019-10-16
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  12. 2019-10-16
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  13. 2019-09-27
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  14. 2019-03-08
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  15. 2018-10-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  16. 2018-03-14
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As MCAULEYS MARITIME SERVICES LTD
  18. 2010-06-21
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    MCAULEY, Derek Andrzejak appointed
    director
  19. 2010-06-21
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    MCAULEY, Lorna appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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 "MCAULEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Derek Andrejak Mcauley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52
50–75%
—50-75% shares04/10/2019
Mrs Lorna Mcauley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-06-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52220 — SIC 52220

Registered office

4 Lawside Meadows
Strathaven
Lanarkshire
ML10 6TU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCAULEY, Derek Andrzejak→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-06-21
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MCAULEY, Lorna→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-06-21
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Recent filings (44 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-05-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-07
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-26