COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC165804 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-22
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 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.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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  2. 2026-05-27
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  3. 2025-06-03
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  4. 2024-06-06
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  5. 2023-04-26
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  6. 2022-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  7. 2021-06-01
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  8. 2020-03-06
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  9. 2019-02-21
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  10. 2018-02-16
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  11. 2017-03-03
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  12. 2016-08-02
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  13. 2016-07-07
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  14. 2016-06-13
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  15. 2016-06-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-06-03
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    BROWN, Robert appointed
    director
  17. 2016-06-03
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    CUNNINGHAM, Marion Kerr resigned
    director
  18. 2000-05-16
    ➖
    CRAIG, Iain resigned
    director
  19. 1998-07-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 1997-11-01
    ➕
    SHIELLS, Charles Francis Russell appointed
    director
  21. 1996-10-31
    ➖
    SHIELLS, Charles Francis Russell resigned
    director
  22. 1996-08-21
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Marion Kerr appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-08-21
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1996-08-21
    ➕
    CRAIG, Iain appointed
    director
  25. 1996-08-21
    ➕
    CUNNINGHAM, Marion Kerr appointed
    director
  26. 1996-08-21
    ➕
    SHIELLS, Charles Francis Russell appointed
    director
  27. 1996-08-21
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 1996-05-22
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    Company incorporated
    As COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
  29. 1996-05-22
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1996-05-22
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Marion Kerr Cunningham
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Charles Francis Russell Shiells
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Iain Craigceased 26/04/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1996-05-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Victoria House
114 Main Road
Elderslie
Renfrewshire
PA5 9AX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last: 2026-05-22

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

CUNNINGHAM, Marion Kerr→
secretary · appointed 1996-08-21
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Active
BROWN, Robert→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-06-03
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Active
SHIELLS, Charles Francis Russell→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-11-01
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Active
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-05-22 · resigned 1996-08-21
Resigned
CRAIG, Iain→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-08-21 · resigned 2000-05-16
Resigned
CUNNINGHAM, Marion Kerr→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-08-21 · resigned 2016-06-03
Resigned
SHIELLS, Charles Francis Russell→
director · ~66y · appointed 1996-08-21 · resigned 1996-10-31
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1996-05-22 · resigned 1996-08-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property07/07/1998—
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Recent filings (85 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-06