MURRAY DONALD TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC438225 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-05

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

39 officers (24 active, 39 linked, 37 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
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2025-12-30
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officers · TM02
2025-12-05
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2025-11-28
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ROUGHEAD, Alan resigned
director
2025-09-01
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DUNN, Susan appointed
director
2025-09-01
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FRASER, Hannah appointed
director
2025-09-01
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GRIMMOND, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-09-01
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HAINEY, Lisa May appointed
director
2025-09-01
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MCGILL, Katherine Muriel appointed
director
2025-09-01
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MITCHELL, Sarah appointed
director
2025-09-01
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MOIR, Kyle Frank Strachan appointed
director
2025-09-01
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ROUGHEAD, Alan appointed
director
2025-09-01
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2025-07-22
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ETHERINGTON, David Murray resigned
director
2025-07-22
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2025-01-31
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ANDERSON, Rachel appointed
director
2025-01-31
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HORNE, Emma Ashley appointed
director
2024-11-07
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2024-10-31
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DICKSON, Graeme Ross Campbell appointed
director
2024-10-31
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GARDINER, Christopher Peter John appointed
director
2024-10-31
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MACKAY, Iain Finlay Magnus appointed
director
2024-10-31
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MACKIE, Stuart Irvine appointed
director
2024-10-31
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PRATT, Stephanie Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-07-11
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2024-06-18
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2024-05-31
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MCKEOWN, Anne Janette resigned
director
2024-05-01
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2024-04-30
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CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret resigned
director
2023-06-01
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CALDERWOOD, Elizabeth Lilian resigned
director
2022-05-31
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ALLAN, Margaret Jean resigned
director
2019-04-25
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COUTTS, Morna Jane appointed
director
2019-04-25
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DUFF, Susan Margaret appointed
director
2019-04-25
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HAMILTON, Ronald Grant appointed
director
2019-04-25
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MACKAY, Kenneth Richard appointed
director
2019-04-25
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MATHIESON, David appointed
director
2019-04-25
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RENFREW, Bruce Norman appointed
director

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Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-24 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned 2025-12-30; ETHERINGTON, David Murray resigned 2025-07-22; ROUGHEAD, Alan resigned 2025-11-28

Group structure

Thorntons Law Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Thorntons Law Llp

Corporate parent

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MURRAY DONALD TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · SC438225

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Thorntons Law Llp Corporate entity	—	75–100%	75-100% voting · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-12-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Kinburn Castle

Doubledykes Road

St Andrews

Fife

KY16 9DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-19

Last: 2025-12-05