JAMES STRANG LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC100720 · ltd · incorporated 1986-09-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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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: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.1y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.1 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.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £175,256

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Profit before tax£175.3k—
Average employees535100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2024-06-19
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  4. 2024-06-10
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  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  6. 2022-12-30
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  7. 2021-12-17
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  8. 2021-03-23
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  9. 2021-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-11-18
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-19
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    MCGRATH, James appointed
    director
  14. 2018-04-19
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-15
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-08-31
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    RODGER, Hamish resigned
    director
  18. 2014-07-31
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    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-07-01
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    BOWIE, Adrian appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-31
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    DOUGALL, John Marshall resigned
    director
  21. 2005-03-31
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    COCOZZA, Adriano resigned
    director
  22. 2002-11-01
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    COCOZZA, Paul resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-11-01
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    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 1997-01-31
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    ADDY, John resigned
    director
  26. 1995-08-24
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    COCOZZA, Adriano resigned
    secretary
  27. 1995-08-24
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    COCOZZA, Paul appointed
    secretary
  28. 1992-09-01
    ➕
    DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay appointed
    director
  29. 1992-09-01
    ➕
    RODGER, Hamish appointed
    director
  30. 1986-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As JAMES STRANG LIMITED

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Barclay Dougall
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated1986-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

33 Winchester Avenue
Denny
Stirlingshire
FK6 6QD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

BOWIE, Adrian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-07-01
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Active
DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay→
director · ~59y · appointed 1992-09-01
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Active
MCGRATH, James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-04-19
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Active
COCOZZA, Adriano→
secretary · resigned 1995-08-24
Resigned
COCOZZA, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-24 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2014-07-31
Resigned
ADDY, John→
director · ~68y · resigned 1997-01-31
Resigned
COCOZZA, Adriano→
director · ~81y · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
DOUGALL, John Marshall→
director · ~83y · resigned 2007-08-31
Resigned
RODGER, Hamish→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-09-01 · resigned 2017-08-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property09/03/1999—
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Recent filings (113 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03