ROADVERT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC166891 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-09
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£722.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52219
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
15 officers (3 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
144 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £722,013
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£116k
Net Worth
£722k
Current Assets
£415k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £770.0k | — |
| Current assets | £415.4k | — |
| Cash | £116.1k | — |
| Debtors | £201.1k | — |
| Net assets | £722.0k | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-09-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2025-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-22📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-04-22📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2024-04-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-14📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-04-13📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-06-01➕FULLER, Craig William appointeddirector
- 2018-02-23➖WATT, Alan Macdonald resigneddirector
- 2017-06-21➖FERGUSON-BROWN, Ian resigneddirector
- 2017-06-21➖GILLIES, Malcolm John resigneddirector
- 2017-04-13➖MCINTYRE, Donald Charles resignedsecretary
- 2017-04-13➖MCINTYRE, Donald Charles resigneddirector
- 2017-03-16➕WATT, Alan Macdonald appointeddirector
- 2016-04-06➖FOX, Brian Michael resignedsecretary
- 2016-04-06➕MCINTYRE, Donald Charles appointedsecretary
- 2016-04-06➕MCINTYRE, Donald Charles appointeddirector
- 2016-03-24➕STEWART, Alan Geoffrey appointeddirector
- 2016-03-24➕FERGUSON-BROWN, Ian appointeddirector
- 2016-03-24➕GILLIES, Malcolm John appointeddirector
- 2015-01-02➕CRAIG, Thomas Lawrence appointeddirector
- 2015-01-02➖CRAIG, Yvonne Mackenzie resigneddirector
- 2010-06-29➖CRAIG, Thomas Lawrence resigneddirector
- 2009-08-11➖BLAKE, Joseph Anthony resigneddirector
- 2009-08-11➕CRAIG, Yvonne Mackenzie appointeddirector
- 2002-05-27➕BLAKE, Joseph Anthony appointeddirector
- 2002-05-27➕CRAIG, Thomas Lawrence appointeddirector
- 2002-05-27➖CRAIG, Yvonne resigneddirector
- 1996-07-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ROADVERT LIMITED
- 1996-07-09➕FOX, Brian Michael appointedsecretary
- 1996-07-09➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1996-07-09➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1996-07-09➕CRAIG, Yvonne appointeddirector
- 1996-07-09➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1996-07-09➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Thomas Lawrence Craig Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-07-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52219 — SIC 52219
Registered office
3 Clairmont Gardens
Charing Cross
Glasgow
G3 7LW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (3 active · 12 resigned)
CRAIG, Thomas Lawrence→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2015-01-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FULLER, Craig William→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STEWART, Alan Geoffrey→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2016-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FOX, Brian Michael→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-07-09 · resigned 2016-04-06
MCINTYRE, Donald Charles→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2016-04-06 · resigned 2017-04-13
REID, Brian→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-09 · resigned 1996-07-09
BLAKE, Joseph Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2002-05-27 · resigned 2009-08-11
CRAIG, Thomas Lawrence→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2002-05-27 · resigned 2010-06-29
CRAIG, Yvonne Mackenzie→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2009-08-11 · resigned 2015-01-02
CRAIG, Yvonne→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 1996-07-09 · resigned 2002-05-27
FERGUSON-BROWN, Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2016-03-24 · resigned 2017-06-21
GILLIES, Malcolm John→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2016-03-24 · resigned 2017-06-21
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-07-09 · resigned 1996-07-09
MCINTYRE, Donald Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-06 · resigned 2017-04-13
WATT, Alan Macdonald→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-03-16 · resigned 2018-02-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/09/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (144 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-22
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2024-04-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-04-14
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-04-14
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-04-14
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-04-14
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-04-14