CRIGHTON CONSTRUCTION (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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SC135581 · ltd · incorporated 1991-12-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-22
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    CONWAY, Jarlath Patrick resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2025-03-28
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  5. 2023-12-13
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  6. 2022-12-22
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  7. 2021-12-20
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  8. 2021-03-31
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  9. 2020-01-27
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    address · AD01
  10. 2019-12-20
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  11. 2018-12-21
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  12. 2017-12-19
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  13. 2017-06-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-25
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    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2017-03-14
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2016-05-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-12-01
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    CONWAY, Therese resigned
    director
  18. 2004-07-01
    ➖
    MCMILLAN, James Anthony resigned
    director
  19. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    CONWAY, Matilda appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-07-01
    ➖
    DORMAN, Therese resigned
    secretary
  21. 1997-07-01
    ➕
    CONWAY, Jarlath Patrick appointed
    director
  22. 1994-07-29
    ➖
    DOWNIE, David Ronald resigned
    director
  23. 1994-03-28
    ➖
    GRABHAM, Malcolm resigned
    director
  24. 1994-02-23
    ➕
    DOWNIE, David Ronald appointed
    director
  25. 1993-10-06
    ➖
    CONWAY, Patrick Joseph resigned
    secretary
  26. 1993-10-06
    ➕
    DORMAN, Therese appointed
    secretary
  27. 1993-10-06
    ➖
    CONWAY, Patrick Joseph resigned
    director
  28. 1993-10-06
    ➕
    CONWAY, Therese appointed
    director
  29. 1992-09-04
    ➖
    MELVILLE, Graham resigned
    director
  30. 1992-02-05
    ➕
    GRABHAM, Malcolm appointed
    director
  31. 1992-02-05
    ➕
    MCMILLAN, James Anthony appointed
    director
  32. 1992-02-05
    ➕
    MELVILLE, Graham appointed
    director
  33. 1992-01-15
    ➕
    CONWAY, Matilda appointed
    director
  34. 1992-01-15
    ➕
    CONWAY, Patrick Joseph appointed
    secretary
  35. 1992-01-15
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1992-01-15
    ➕
    CONWAY, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  37. 1992-01-15
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1991-12-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CRIGHTON CONSTRUCTION (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  39. 1991-12-13
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1991-12-13
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Patrick Joseph Conway
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1946 · age 80
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-12-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Front Office Drovers Road
East Mains Industrial Estate
Broxburn
West Lothian
EH52 5ND
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

CONWAY, Matilda→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-01
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Active
CONWAY, Matilda→
director · ~77y · appointed 1992-01-15
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Active
CONWAY, Patrick Joseph→
secretary · appointed 1992-01-15 · resigned 1993-10-06
Resigned
DORMAN, Therese→
secretary · appointed 1993-10-06 · resigned 1997-07-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-12-13 · resigned 1992-01-15
Resigned
CONWAY, Jarlath Patrick→
director · ~49y · appointed 1997-07-01 · resigned 2026-01-22
Resigned
CONWAY, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~80y · appointed 1992-01-15 · resigned 1993-10-06
Resigned
CONWAY, Therese→
director · ~51y · appointed 1993-10-06 · resigned 2012-12-01
Resigned
DOWNIE, David Ronald→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-02-23 · resigned 1994-07-29
Resigned
GRABHAM, Malcolm→
director · ~79y · appointed 1992-02-05 · resigned 1994-03-28
Resigned
MCMILLAN, James Anthony→
director · ~78y · appointed 1992-02-05 · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned
MELVILLE, Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 1992-02-05 · resigned 1992-09-04
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-12-13 · resigned 1992-01-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03