ARTHURSTONE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC220081 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-11

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2022-03-01
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2020-03-31
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2002-07-30
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MCGIBBON, Lindsay William resigned
director
2001-09-18
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SINCLAIR, Tracey Jane appointed
secretary
2001-09-18
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SINCLAIR, Tracey Jane appointed
director
2001-09-18
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SINCLAIR, William appointed
director
2001-09-18
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QUILL SERVE LIMITED resigned
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2001-09-18
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MCGIBBON, Lindsay William appointed
director
2001-09-18
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QUILL FORM LIMITED resigned
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2001-06-11
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Company incorporated
As ARTHURSTONE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
2001-06-11
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QUILL SERVE LIMITED appointed
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2001-06-11
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QUILL FORM LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 William Sinclair Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	28/06/2016

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

Incorporated2001-06-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Liff Road

Kingsway

Dundee

DD2 4TD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-25

Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SINCLAIR, Tracey Jane→

secretary · appointed 2001-09-18

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Active

SINCLAIR, Tracey Jane→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-09-18

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Active

SINCLAIR, William→

director · ~59y · appointed 2001-09-18

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Active

QUILL SERVE LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-11 · resigned 2001-09-18

Resigned

MCGIBBON, Lindsay William→

director · ~59y · appointed 2001-09-18 · resigned 2002-07-30

Resigned

QUILL FORM LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-11 · resigned 2001-09-18

Resigned

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