CLAYMORE LOCK AND SAFE COMPANY LIMITED

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SC219182 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-15
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 80200Security systems service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 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.

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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-30
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  3. 2024-02-29
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  4. 2023-01-30
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  5. 2022-01-31
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  6. 2021-04-30
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  7. 2020-02-12
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  8. 2019-01-31
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  9. 2018-01-25
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  10. 2017-01-28
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  11. 2016-07-07
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  12. 2016-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-15
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2015-07-15
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-07-15
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  17. 2014-09-30
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    FERGUSON, Bryan Scott resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-09-30
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    FERGUSON, Bryan Scott resigned
    director
  19. 2014-09-30
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    FERGUSON, Jan Dawn resigned
    director
  20. 2006-04-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2005-12-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2002-05-01
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    MACDONALD, Graeme appointed
    director
  23. 2002-05-01
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Bryan Scott appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-05-01
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    FERGUSON, Bryan Scott appointed
    director
  25. 2002-05-01
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    FERGUSON, Jan Dawn appointed
    director
  26. 2001-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CLAYMORE LOCK AND SAFE COMPANY LIMITED
  27. 2001-05-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-05-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-05-15
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2001-05-15
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Graeme Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

3 Hardgate
Haddington
East Lothian
EH41 3JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

MACDONALD, Graeme→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, Bryan Scott→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-01 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2001-05-15
Resigned
FERGUSON, Bryan Scott→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-01 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned
FERGUSON, Jan Dawn→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-05-01 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-15 · resigned 2001-05-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property28/04/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/12/2005—
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Recent filings (74 total)

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2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
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accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-31