CLARK CONTRACTS LIMITED

📈Growthactive

SC088490 · ltd · incorporated 1984-06-18

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43320Joinery installation
43390Other building completion and finishing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

18 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 40.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 40.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

18 charges (18/18 with lender, 18/18 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (10 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

158 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,281,761

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	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Profit before tax	£2.28M	£1.38M
Average employees	23400	21400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2026-02-10
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officers · AP01
2026-02-06
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officers · AP03
2026-01-30
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MCPEAKE, Mark appointed
secretary
2026-01-30
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MCPEAKE, Mark appointed
director
2025-11-28
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officers · AP01
2025-11-28
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officers · AP01
2025-11-21
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HUNTER, Gary appointed
director
2025-11-21
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MUIR, Marc Stanley appointed
director
2025-07-18
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accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
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officers · AP01
2023-09-01
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MCKIBBENS, Daniel Thomas appointed
director
2023-07-14
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accounts · AA
2022-07-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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mortgage · MR01
2021-05-27
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee for Itself and Each Santander Group Member as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01).
2020-07-27
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accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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accounts · AA
2019-06-06
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officers · CH01
2019-06-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-07-27
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accounts · AA
2017-09-13
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mortgage · MR01
2017-09-12
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and Each Santander Group Member as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01.
2017-09-12
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and Each Santander Group Member as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01.
2017-09-12
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and Each Santander Group Member as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01.
2017-09-12
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and Each Santander Group Member as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01.
2017-09-12
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and Each Santander Group Member as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01.
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #11
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #9
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #10
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #8
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #7
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #6
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #5
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #4
2017-09-09
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Charge satisfied #3
2017-09-05
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Itself and Each Santander Group Member as Defined in the Instrument Evidencing the Charge Accompanying This Form MR01.
2017-05-30
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COOPER, David Jeffrey resigned
director
2016-11-29
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BLAIR, Iain Alexander resigned
director
2016-09-13
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-09-09
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Stephen John Clark
2014-09-08
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-09-04
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CLARK, Stephen John resigned
director
2014-09-04
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Stephen John Clark
2013-08-21
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CUMMINS, Gerard Thomas appointed
director
2013-08-21
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SCANLAN, Michael James appointed
director
2004-10-27
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-05-09
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MOONEY, John appointed
secretary
2003-05-09
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CLARK, Margaret Davis resigned
secretary

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

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.

7 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Russell Cunningham Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated1984-06-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

23 Mcfarlane Street

Paisley

PA3 1RY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-14

Last: 2025-05-31