C.T.S. (GRANGEMOUTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC226255 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-13

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46620

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71129Other engineering activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.5y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	1000

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

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2023-08-29
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2023-01-13
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2023-01-13
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2023-01-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-13
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address · AD01
2022-09-26
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2021-05-14
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2020-12-08
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2019-09-14
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2018-07-26
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2017-05-09
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accounts · AA
2014-09-02
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MAXWELL, Scott resigned
director
2013-03-07
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Charge satisfied #1
2011-08-17
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JACKSON, Stuart appointed
director
2011-08-12
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MAXWELL, Greig William resigned
director
2011-02-14
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NOE, Laura resigned
secretary
2002-11-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2002-10-01
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JACKSON, Alfred Raymond appointed
director
2001-12-13
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Company incorporated
As C.T.S. (GRANGEMOUTH) LIMITED
2001-12-13
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NOE, Laura appointed
secretary
2001-12-13
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-13
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-12-13
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MAXWELL, Greig William appointed
director
2001-12-13
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MAXWELL, Scott appointed
director
2001-12-13
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-12-13
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2001-12-13
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-12-13
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. resigned
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Alfred Raymond Jackson Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-12-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46620 — SIC 46620

Registered office

Unit 4b Gateway Business Park

Beancross Road

Grangemouth

FK3 8WX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-27

Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

JACKSON, Alfred Raymond→

director · ~80y · appointed 2002-10-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

JACKSON, Stuart→

director · ~62y · appointed 2011-08-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

NOE, Laura→

secretary · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2011-02-14

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2001-12-13

Resigned

MAXWELL, Greig William→

director · ~56y · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2011-08-12

Resigned

MAXWELL, Scott→

director · ~52y · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2014-09-02

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2001-12-13

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-13 · resigned 2001-12-13

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	08/11/2002	07/03/2013

Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-14

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2025-10-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-09-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-01-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-01-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-01-13

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-09-26