CARANDSCO LIMITED
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Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 44.8y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-08-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-08-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-08-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-29➖ARMITAGE, Gillian Stewart resigneddirector
- 2022-07-20➕MCCLURE, Andrew Robert appointeddirector
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1999-02-01➕PIGOTT, Caroline Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 1999-01-31➖MCCOLL, Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 1989-12-31➖MCCLURE, Gillian Stewart resignedsecretary
- 1989-12-31➖MCCLURE, Alistair Gordon resigneddirector
- 1983-09-22🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1983-09-22🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1983-09-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1981-09-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
- 1981-05-13🏢Company incorporatedAs CARANDSCO LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Caroline Elizabeth Pigott Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 28/03/2024 |
Mr Andrew Robert Mcclure Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/07/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Gillian Stewart Armitageceased 29/07/2022· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 22/09/1983 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 19/09/1983 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company | Standard security | 1 property | 11/09/1981 | 22/09/1983 |