A & R MCBAIN LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC803304 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£50
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £50
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£860
Net Worth
£50
Current Assets
£1.2m
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.13M |
| Current assets | £1.17M |
| Cash | £860 |
| Debtors | £1.17M |
| Net assets | £50 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2024-12-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
- 2024-03-17🏢Company incorporatedAs A & R MCBAIN LIMITED
- 2024-03-17➕MCBAIN, Alistair Jack appointeddirector
- 2024-03-17➕MCBAIN, Rebecca Mary appointeddirector
- 2024-03-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
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 "MCBAIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Rebecca Mary Mcbain Individual · British · DOB 11/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 17/03/2024 |
Mr Alistair Jack Mcbain Individual · British · DOB 01/1994 · age 32 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 17/03/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
Dycehill
Corse
Huntly
Aberdeenshire
AB54 6HN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCBAIN, Alistair Jack→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2024-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCBAIN, Rebecca Mary→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2024-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 18/12/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Oxbury Bank Oxbury Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 13/12/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-12-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-17