CROFTWELL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC061703 · ltd · incorporated 1977-02-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 47.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 47.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees2

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-15
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    address · AD01
  13. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-09-28
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    MCANALLY, Jamie William appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-09-28
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    MCANALLY, William James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-09-28
    ➖
    MCANALLY, Angela Baxter resigned
    director
  19. 2007-09-28
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    MCANALLY, William James resigned
    director
  20. 2007-09-10
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    BAINS, Angela Ruth appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-30
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    MCANALLY, Jamie William appointed
    director
  22. 1978-11-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 1977-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CROFTWELL LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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
Jamie William Mcanally
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Angela Ruth Bains
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
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
Incorporated1977-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

168 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4TP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCANALLY, Jamie William→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-28
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Active
BAINS, Angela Ruth→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-09-10
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Active
MCANALLY, Jamie William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-07-30
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Active
MCANALLY, William James→
secretary · resigned 2007-09-28
Resigned
MCANALLY, Angela Baxter→
director · ~93y · resigned 2007-09-28
Resigned
MCANALLY, William James→
director · ~88y · resigned 2007-09-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Standard security1 property27/11/1978—
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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17