MACLEAN & BRUCE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC450922 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-28
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46342
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 79120Tour operator activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · IFRS| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-15📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2025-06-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-01➕BURKE, Thomas James appointeddirector
- 2024-05-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31➖MOORE, David Neill resigneddirector
- 2023-01-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-06-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-06-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2013-11-26➕MACLEAN, Charles Peter Bruce appointeddirector
- 2013-11-26➕MOORE, David Neill appointeddirector
- 2013-05-28🏢Company incorporatedAs MACLEAN & BRUCE LIMITED
- 2013-05-28➕BRUCE, Victoria Mary appointeddirector
Owner dependency
80/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "BRUCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Thomas James Burke Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/05/2025 |
Mrs Victoria Mary Bruce Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/05/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Neill Mooreceased 19/11/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-05-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46342 — SIC 46342
Registered office
Waggon House
Waggon Road
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 3HF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BRUCE, Victoria Mary→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2013-05-28
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BURKE, Thomas James→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2024-05-01
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MACLEAN, Charles Peter Bruce→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2013-11-26
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MOORE, David Neill→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2013-11-26 · resigned 2023-01-31
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Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-08-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24