KEN MACDONALD & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC434629 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-12
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£935.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69102Solicitors
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £935,939
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.2m
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£936k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£2.3m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£457k£914k£1.4m£1.8m£2.3mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£935.9k£651.5k
Current assets£2.29M£1.97M
Cash£2.16M£1.88M
Debtors£121.6k£95.6k
Net assets£935.9k£651.5k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    MACLEAN, Iain Ronald appointed
    director
  2. 2025-09-05
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  3. 2025-06-23
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  4. 2024-08-30
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  5. 2023-07-18
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  6. 2022-05-10
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  7. 2021-08-24
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  8. 2020-08-17
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  9. 2019-05-28
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  10. 2018-06-22
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  11. 2017-08-16
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  12. 2016-07-25
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  13. 2015-11-05
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  14. 2015-08-26
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  15. 2014-10-27
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  16. 2014-07-08
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  17. 2013-08-31
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    MACPHERSON, Kevin Frederick resigned
    director
  18. 2012-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As KEN MACDONALD & CO LIMITED
  19. 2012-10-12
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Kenneth Norman appointed
    director
  20. 2012-10-12
    ➕
    MACPHERSON, Kevin Frederick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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 "MACDONALD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 83 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 14 years.
  • 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 Kenneth Norman Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 12/1943 · age 83
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2012-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

9 Kenneth Street
Stornoway
Isle Of Lewis
HS1 2DP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MACDONALD, Kenneth Norman→
director · ~83y · appointed 2012-10-12
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Active
MACLEAN, Iain Ronald→
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-09-05
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Active
MACPHERSON, Kevin Frederick→
director · ~52y · appointed 2012-10-12 · resigned 2013-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
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officers · AP01
2025-09-05
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2025-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
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accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
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accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
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accounts · AA
2022-05-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
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accounts · AA
2021-08-24
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2020-10-23
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2020-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-18
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accounts · AA
2019-05-28