CRAIGTON DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC199421 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-01
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 26.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,980

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£12k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£12kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£5.0k—
Current assets£11.5k—
Net assets£5.0k—
Average employees—0

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  5. 2021-09-21
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  6. 2021-01-18
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  7. 2019-11-13
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  9. 2017-11-21
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  11. 2015-11-25
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  14. 2014-09-30
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  16. 2003-03-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2002-09-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2000-08-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  19. 2000-08-25
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    CLARK, Karen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-08-25
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    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 2000-01-12
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    CLARK, Derek James appointed
    director
  23. 2000-01-12
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    CLARK, Karen appointed
    director
  24. 2000-01-12
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    ROXBURGH, Roy resigned
    director
  25. 1999-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGTON DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  26. 1999-09-01
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    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-09-01
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    ROXBURGH, Roy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 65. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Derek James Clark
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2016

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
Incorporated1999-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

90 Craigton Road
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB15 7UJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CLARK, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Derek James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-01-12
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Active
CLARK, Karen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-01-12
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Active
IAIN SMITH & COMPANY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 2000-08-25
Resigned
ROXBURGH, Roy→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 2000-01-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property31/08/200012/03/2003
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property09/03/200009/09/2002

Recent filings (71 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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2024-09-04
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2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
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2021-09-21
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2021-09-08
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2021-01-18
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2020-09-14
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accounts · AA
2019-11-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-03
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accounts · AA
2018-11-12