COMMERCIAL TRANSMISSION SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC088922 · ltd · incorporated 1984-07-17

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 38.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2024

Net worth

£207.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 30990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 38.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 38.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

117 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £207,594

Cash YoY

+72%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£174k

↑ 72% YoY

Net Worth

£208k

↑ 58% YoY

Current Assets

£357k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Total assets	£232.7k	£167.9k
Current assets	£356.8k	£419.6k
Cash	£173.8k	£101.0k
Debtors	£183.0k	£312.8k
Net assets	£207.6k	£131.6k

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-11-05
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-24
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-06-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
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MUNRO, Ethel appointed
secretary
2024-10-01
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DUNN, Alan appointed
director
2024-10-01
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DUNN, Margaret Helen resigned
secretary
2024-10-01
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DUNN, Margaret Helen resigned
director
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-06-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-06-15
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-06-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2012-11-06
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DUNN, Margaret Helen appointed
director
2009-10-10
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DUNN, Margaret resigned
director
2005-11-01
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DUNN, Grant resigned
secretary
2005-11-01
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DUNN, Margaret Helen appointed
secretary
1994-10-18
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DUNN, Grant appointed
secretary
1994-10-17
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DUNN, Graham David resigned
secretary
1994-03-23
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DUNN, Grant appointed
director
1992-04-03
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DUNN, James resigned
director
1988-02-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1988-01-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1984-07-17
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Company incorporated
As COMMERCIAL TRANSMISSION SERVICES LTD.

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1984-07-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

Grant Dunn, Cts Ltd Richmond Place

Rutherglen

Glasgow

G73 3AZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MUNRO, Ethel→

secretary · appointed 2024-10-01

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Active

DUNN, Alan→

director · ~59y · appointed 2024-10-01

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Active

DUNN, Grant→

director · ~68y · appointed 1994-03-23

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Active

DUNN, Graham David→

secretary · resigned 1994-10-17

Resigned

DUNN, Grant→

secretary · appointed 1994-10-18 · resigned 2005-11-01

Resigned

DUNN, Margaret Helen→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2024-10-01

Resigned

DUNN, James→

director · ~97y · resigned 1992-04-03

Resigned

DUNN, Margaret Helen→

director · ~70y · appointed 2012-11-06 · resigned 2024-10-01

Resigned

DUNN, Margaret→

director · ~94y · resigned 2009-10-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	09/02/1988	25/06/2020
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	21/01/1988	15/06/2020

Recent filings (117 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-05

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-11-05

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-06-24

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2025-06-24

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-06-24

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-06-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-10-08