A. MACGREGOR & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC394734 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-03
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£7k£15k£22k£30k£37kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£34.8k
Current assets—£37.3k
Net assets—£34.8k
Average employees2—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-09-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-09-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-04-30
    ➖
    MACGREGOR, Alexander resigned
    director
  17. 2011-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A. MACGREGOR & SONS LIMITED
  18. 2011-03-03
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Catherine Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-03-03
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, John Maccall appointed
    director
  20. 2011-03-03
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Kenneth Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2011-03-03
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-03-03
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2011-03-03
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  24. 2011-03-03
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  25. 2011-03-03
    ➕
    MACGREGOR, Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "MACGREGOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
John Maccall Macgregor
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Kenneth Alexander Macgregor
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Waterfall Cottage
Glen Lonan Road
Taynuilt
Argyll
PA35 1HY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MACGREGOR, Catherine Anne→
secretary · appointed 2011-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACGREGOR, John Maccall→
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACGREGOR, Kenneth Alexander→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-03 · resigned 2011-03-03
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-03-03 · resigned 2011-03-03
Resigned
MACGREGOR, Alexander→
director · ~90y · appointed 2011-03-03 · resigned 2012-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13