CMD PLANT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC788284 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-06
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
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-766
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £766

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£766
Current Assets
£52
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£-74
Current assets£52
Net assets£-766

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-07-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2025-07-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-06-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2025-05-02
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    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
    address · RP10
  11. 2025-05-02
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    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  12. 2025-05-02
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    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  13. 2023-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As CMD PLANT LTD
  14. 2023-11-06
    MACDONALD, Cameron James appointed
    director
  15. 2023-11-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Cameron James Macdonald
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/2004 · age 22
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/11/2023

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
Incorporated2023-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

Am Fasgadh
22 Griminish
Isle Of Benbecula
HS7 5QA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MACDONALD, Cameron James
director · ~22y · appointed 2023-11-06
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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-17
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-05-02
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-05-02
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-06