COMMUTAPORTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC113131 · ltd · incorporated 1988-08-29
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2.81M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,810,339
Cash YoY
+5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.2m
↑ 5.3% YoY
Net Worth
£2.8m
↑ 8.0% YoY
Current Assets
£3.3m
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£668k£1.3m£2.0m£2.7m£3.3mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£2.89M£2.68M
Current assets£3.34M£3.18M
Cash£2.22M£2.11M
Debtors£687.4k£689.4k
Net assets£2.81M£2.60M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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  2. 2024-10-03
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  3. 2023-11-06
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  4. 2023-10-12
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  5. 2022-11-22
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  6. 2022-02-23
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  7. 2021-01-14
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  8. 2021-01-01
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    STEVENSON, Grant Alexander appointed
    director
  9. 2020-12-31
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  10. 2020-02-26
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  11. 2018-12-28
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  12. 2017-12-28
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  13. 2016-12-30
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  14. 2016-04-22
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  15. 2015-11-20
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  16. 2015-04-29
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  17. 2015-02-28
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    DORAN, Alan resigned
    director
  18. 2010-01-29
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    MCDONALD, Eric Rodgers resigned
    director
  19. 2001-08-16
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    DORAN, Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2001-08-16
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Eric Rodgers appointed
    director
  21. 1998-03-05
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    STEVENSON, Jean Higgins Hyslop Anderson appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-03-05
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    DOWNS, Elaine Janet resigned
    secretary
  23. 1998-03-05
    ➖
    DOWNS, Matthew resigned
    director
  24. 1988-08-29
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    Company incorporated
    As COMMUTAPORTS 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 76 — 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 76 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 38 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Grant Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1950 · age 76
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-08-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Crosshill Road
Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
G64 2QE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

STEVENSON, Jean Higgins Hyslop Anderson→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-05
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Active
STEVENSON, Grant Alexander→
director · ~47y · appointed 2021-01-01
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Active
STEVENSON, John Grant→
director · ~76y
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Active
DOWNS, Elaine Janet→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-05
Resigned
DORAN, Alan→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2015-02-28
Resigned
DOWNS, Matthew→
director · ~79y · resigned 1998-03-05
Resigned
MCDONALD, Eric Rodgers→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2010-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
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accounts · AA
2025-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
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accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
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officers · AP01
2021-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-10