ARCADE BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC049932 · ltd · incorporated 1972-02-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 50.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41201Construction of commercial buildings
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 50.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 50.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-28
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  3. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2021-12-21
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  6. 2021-05-11
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    officers · AP03
  7. 2021-05-10
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    officers · TM02
  8. 2021-04-20
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    WILSON, Alan Matthew appointed
    secretary
  9. 2021-04-20
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    MCCORT, Janette Leckie resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-17
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2020-09-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-31
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  15. 2017-12-28
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  16. 2016-12-30
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  17. 2015-12-28
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  18. 2014-07-11
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    MCCORT, William Hayden resigned
    director
  19. 2014-05-01
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    WILSON, Alan Matthew appointed
    director
  20. 2010-08-06
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    MCCORT, Gillian Janet appointed
    director
  21. 2009-08-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Alastair James Struthers and Others as Trustees
  22. 1998-10-01
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 1988-02-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  24. 1975-11-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 1972-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ARCADE BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Janette Leckie Mccort
Individual · British · DOB 12/1945 · age 81
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Miss Gillian Janet Mccort
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1972-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

22 West Main Street
Darvel
Ayrshire
KA17 0AQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WILSON, Alan Matthew→
secretary · appointed 2021-04-20
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Active
MCCORT, Gillian Janet→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-08-06
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Active
MCCORT, Janette Leckie→
director · ~81y
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Active
WILSON, Alan Matthew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-05-01
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Active
MCCORT, Janette Leckie→
secretary · resigned 2021-04-20
Resigned
MCCORT, William Hayden→
director · ~84y · resigned 2014-07-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Alastair James Struthers and Others as Trustees
Standard security1 property28/08/2009—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property24/02/198801/10/1998
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property25/11/1975—
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Recent filings (104 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-05-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2020-09-17