CRAIG'S OF BEARSDEN LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC213222 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-27

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

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£-10.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £9,988

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£10k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£95

↑ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£-2.9k	£-2.8k
Current assets	£95	£73
Net assets	£-10.0k	£-9.9k

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-04-07
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2024-03-27
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2023-08-16
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2022-08-08
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2021-08-30
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2020-01-31
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2019-05-08
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2018-04-20
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accounts · AA
2017-04-13
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accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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accounts · AA
2015-12-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-19
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accounts · AA
2014-12-23
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2014-03-04
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accounts · AA
2013-12-18
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annual-return · AR01
2011-11-27
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CRAIG, Mary Gardner resigned
director
2000-11-27
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Company incorporated
As CRAIG'S OF BEARSDEN LTD.
2000-11-27
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CRAIG, David Ross appointed
secretary
2000-11-27
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CRAIG, David Ross appointed
director
2000-11-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-27
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CRAIG, Mary Gardner appointed
director
2000-11-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-11-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CRAIG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Ross Craig Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-11-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

27 Ascot Avenue

Westerland Park, Anniesland

Glasgow

G12 0AX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-21

Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CRAIG, David Ross→

secretary · appointed 2000-11-27

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Active

CRAIG, David Ross→

director · ~71y · appointed 2000-11-27

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-27 · resigned 2000-11-27

Resigned

CRAIG, Mary Gardner→

director · ~56y · appointed 2000-11-27 · resigned 2011-11-27

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-27 · resigned 2000-11-27

Resigned

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