MPG ENGINEERING LTD

📉Decliningactive
SC545568 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-16
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.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£37.0k
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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, 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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
Profitable
Profit before tax £16,708
Revenue decline
Turnover down 16% YoY
Turnover YoY
-16%
Year on year

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Turnover£37.0k£43.8k
Gross profit—£25.6k
Operating profit—£18.5k
Profit before tax£16.7k£18.5k
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-18
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  12. 2018-09-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-02-14
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    capital · SH06
  14. 2018-02-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-02-07
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    capital · SH03
  16. 2018-01-09
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    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-11-01
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    MCFARLANE, Francis resigned
    director
  19. 2016-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As MPG ENGINEERING LTD
  20. 2016-09-16
    ➕
    MCCAFFERY, Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2016-09-16
    ➕
    MCFARLANE, Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Charles Mccaffery
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Francis Mcfarlaneceased 31/10/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2016-09-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

8 Booth Place
Falkirk
FK1 1BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last: 2025-08-17

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCCAFFERY, Charles→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-09-16
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Active
MCFARLANE, Francis→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-09-16 · resigned 2017-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-13