MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS ENTERPRISES (KINROSS) LIMITED

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SC482033 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-11
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£77.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £77,522

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£78k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£37k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£16k£31k£47k£62k£78kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£37.1k£37.8k
Current assets£37.2k£38.0k
Net assets£77.5k£76.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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  2. 2024-06-04
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  3. 2023-07-18
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  4. 2023-01-10
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  5. 2022-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-14
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  7. 2020-07-23
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  8. 2019-07-12
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  9. 2018-07-15
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  10. 2017-07-17
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  11. 2016-09-20
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2016-08-26
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    MONTGOMERY, James David Keith appointed
    director
  13. 2016-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-07-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS ENTERPRISES (KINROSS) LIMITED
  16. 2014-07-11
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    HADLEY, Graham Wilson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Graham Wilson Hadley
Individual · British · DOB 05/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

10 Pitreavie Castle Castle Drive
Dunfermline
KY11 8FX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HADLEY, Graham Wilson→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-07-11
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MONTGOMERY, James David Keith→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-08-26
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Recent filings (28 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-10