MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC741383 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-16
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77120Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
  • 81210General cleaning of buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

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, 4 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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-06
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2022-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-12-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-12-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-10-02
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Elaine Agnes appointed
    director
  10. 2022-10-02
    ➖
    DENNIS, Eugene Donald resigned
    director
  11. 2022-08-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MACDONALD GROUP LIMITED
  12. 2022-08-16
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Donald Ian appointed
    director
  13. 2022-08-16
    ➕
    DENNIS, Eugene Donald appointed
    director
  14. 2022-08-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Donald Ian Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/08/2022
Mrs Elaine Agnes Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/09/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Eugene Donald Dennisceased 02/10/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

10 Abbey Park Place
Dunfermline
KY12 7NZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MACDONALD, Donald Ian→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-08-16
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Active
MACDONALD, Elaine Agnes→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-10-02
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Active
DENNIS, Eugene Donald→
director · ~69y · appointed 2022-08-16 · resigned 2022-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-04-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-16