CLAN FLOORS (INVERNESS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC077805 · ltd · incorporated 1982-03-10

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 41.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Floor and wall covering

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 41.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 41.6 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 (79/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	14	1300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2025-12-11
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2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2023-11-24
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-08
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2019-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-18
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accounts · AA
2016-01-05
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1984-11-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1982-03-10
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Company incorporated
As CLAN FLOORS (INVERNESS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sheena Avril Sinclair Macdonald Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/04/2018
Mr Duncan Edwin Forsyth Macdonald Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1982-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

Old School House

Tomatin

Inverness-Shire

IV13 7XY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-20

Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MACDONALD, Sheena Avril Sinclair→

secretary

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Active

MACDONALD, Duncan Edwin Forsyth→

director · ~70y

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Active

MACDONALD, Sheena Avril Sinclair→

director · ~70y

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	24/11/1984	—

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Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-11