CRAIGEND MOOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC042972 · ltd · incorporated 1965-12-31
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 43.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 43.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£197k£393k£590k£786k£983kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.08M
Current assets£187.3k
Cash£182.8k
Debtors£4.6k
Net assets£982.6k
Average employees1

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.

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2021-12-24
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  6. 2020-12-29
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  7. 2019-12-19
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  8. 2019-06-04
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    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-05-14
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-05-14
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-04-24
    INGLIS, Mary Morag, Ms. appointed
    director
  12. 2019-04-24
    BALLANTINE, David Alexander Russell resigned
    director
  13. 2018-12-23
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  14. 2018-01-05
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  15. 2016-12-30
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  16. 2016-07-27
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  17. 2016-07-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2016-07-12
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    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2016-07-12
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    Charge satisfied #5
  20. 2005-02-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2004-10-26
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    Charge satisfied #4
  22. 2004-10-26
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    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2002-12-11
    BALLANTINE, David Alexander Russell appointed
    director
  24. 2002-07-10
    MITCHELLS ROBERTON LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2002-07-10
    MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS) resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2002-07-10
    FRASER, Laurence Milton resigned
    director
  27. 2001-04-06
    FRASER, Laurence Milton appointed
    director
  28. 2001-04-06
    SHEARAR, William Burns resigned
    director
  29. 1995-04-25
    GREENE, John Henderson resigned
    director
  30. 1995-04-25
    SHEARAR, William Burns appointed
    director
  31. 1993-11-22
    MACFARLANE, James Neil appointed
    director
  32. 1993-09-11
    SPEIRS, John Archibald Amoor resigned
    director
  33. 1992-05-01
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 1992-05-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  35. 1992-05-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  36. 1992-04-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  37. 1983-02-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  38. 1965-12-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGEND MOOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

The Speirs Kelly Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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The Speirs Kelly Trust
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
CRAIGEND MOOR INVESTMENTS LIMITED
This company · SC042972

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Douglas Speirs
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016
The Speirs Kelly Trust
Corporate entity
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1965-12-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

C/O Mitchells Roberton
George House
36 North Hanover Street
Glasgow
G1 2AD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

MITCHELLS ROBERTON LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-10
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Active
INGLIS, Mary Morag, Ms.
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-04-24
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Active
KIRKWOOD, Dorothea Ross
director · ~87y
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Active
MACFARLANE, James Neil
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-11-22
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Active
MACROBERTS (SOLICITORS)
corporate-secretary · resigned 2002-07-10
Resigned
BALLANTINE, David Alexander Russell
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-12-11 · resigned 2019-04-24
Resigned
FRASER, Laurence Milton
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-04-06 · resigned 2002-07-10
Resigned
GREENE, John Henderson
director · ~94y · resigned 1995-04-25
Resigned
SHEARAR, William Burns
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-04-25 · resigned 2001-04-06
Resigned
SPEIRS, John Archibald Amoor
director · ~89y · resigned 1993-09-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property01/05/199212/07/2016
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property01/05/199226/10/2004
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property01/05/199226/10/2004
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property30/04/199227/07/2016
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property08/02/198316/02/2005

Recent filings (115 total)

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2026-04-11
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accounts · AA
2026-03-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-15
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2022-12-23
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2022-01-17
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2021-12-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
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accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-20
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accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts · AA01
2019-06-04