MCKECHAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC773889 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
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.
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-27🏢Company incorporatedAs MCKECHAN HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2023-06-27➕MCKECHAN, Coila Mary Redmond appointeddirector
- 2023-06-27➕MCKECHAN, James appointeddirector
- 2023-06-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +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 "MCKECHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCKECHAN, Coila Mary Redmond (same surname) appointed 2023-06-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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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Mrs Coila Mary Redmond Mckechan Individual · British · DOB 09/1973 · age 53 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 27/06/2023 |
Mr James Mckechan Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 27/06/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| KL HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC147187 · est 1993 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 32y | — | — |
| LEGAL LOOP LIMITED→ SC666291 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| LINK HOLDINGS SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC732333 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| LUNALOVE HOLDINGS LTD→ SC860101 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MACLENNAN HOLDINGS LTD→ SC862489 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MACROCOM (1030) LIMITED→ SC459844 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| MARQGLEN GROUP LIMITED→ SC203026 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| MCCULLOCH GROUP LTD→ SC828860 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| MCGEOCH HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC680414 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| MCIVOR GROUP HOLDINGS LTD→ SC667221 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| MCKENZIE INVESTMENTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC854707 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
44 Hawkhill Avenue
Ayr
KA8 9JT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCKECHAN, Coila Mary Redmond→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2023-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKECHAN, James→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2023-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (11 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-27