C & L SUPPLIES (PETERHEAD) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC250654 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-05
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
£572.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (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: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £572,653
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£338k
↑ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£573k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£601k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£120k£240k£361k£481k£601kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£576.8k£566.3k
Current assets£600.9k£582.2k
Cash£337.9k£306.1k
Debtors£194.3k£200.3k
Net assets£572.7k£561.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-12
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    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-06-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-06-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-01
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    DONALDSON, Charles Maitland resigned
    director
  9. 2022-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-06-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2007-11-01
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    ANDERSON, David Allan Thoirs appointed
    director
  19. 2003-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As C & L SUPPLIES (PETERHEAD) LTD.
  20. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Valerie Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    DONALDSON, Fiona appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-06-05
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    DONALDSON, Charles Maitland appointed
    director
  25. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-06-05
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Fiona Donaldson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charles Maitland Donaldsonceased 01/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

The Pine Lodge
Larchbrook, Inverugie
Peterhead
AB42 3DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCDONALD, Valerie Mary→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, David Allan Thoirs→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONALDSON, Fiona→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2003-06-05
Resigned
DONALDSON, Charles Maitland→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2022-08-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-05 · resigned 2003-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17