CRAIG WILSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC231078 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-02

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Support activities for crop production

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.5y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (7 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	19	2000

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-04-14
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accounts · AA
2025-06-10
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officers · AP01
2025-06-10
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officers · AP01
2025-05-22
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CRAIG, James appointed
director
2025-05-22
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CRAIG, Michael Simpson appointed
director
2025-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-01
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officers · CH01
2025-05-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
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2021-08-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-08-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-08-04
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2021-02-08
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officers · AP03
2021-02-04
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officers · TM02
2021-02-01
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WALKER, Wendy appointed
secretary
2021-02-01
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KENNEDY, Drew appointed
director
2021-02-01
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CRAIG, Michael Duncan resigned
secretary
2021-02-01
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officers · AP01
2019-04-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2018-03-31
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BROWN, Alastair Matthew resigned
director
2015-05-13
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BROWN, Alastair Matthew appointed
director
2014-10-24
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WILSON, Alexander Caldwell resigned
director
2014-10-24
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WILSON, James resigned
director
2009-10-10
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HARKNESS, Robin resigned
secretary
2008-05-01
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PATERSON, Gavin appointed
director
2008-05-01
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HARKNESS, Robin appointed
secretary
2002-10-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2002-05-22
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CRAIG, James Thomson appointed
director
2002-05-22
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CRAIG, Michael Duncan appointed
director
2002-05-22
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CRAIG, Michael Duncan appointed
secretary
2002-05-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-22
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WILSON, Alexander Caldwell appointed
director
2002-05-22
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WILSON, James appointed
director
2002-05-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-05-02
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Company incorporated
As CRAIG WILSON LIMITED
2002-05-02
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-02
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CRAIG, James (same surname) appointed 2025-05-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Craig Wilson Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Craig Wilson Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CRAIG WILSON LIMITED

This company · SC231078

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Craig Wilson Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	31/07/2021

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

James Craig Holdings Limitedceased 31/07/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mr James Thomson Craigceased 29/07/2021· significant influence
Mr Michael Duncan Craigceased 29/07/2021· significant influence
James Craig Limitedceased 29/07/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2002-05-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

Livestock Auction Mart

Whitefordhill

Ayr

Ayrshire

KA6 5JW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-16

Last: 2025-05-02