CRAIGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC261361 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-30
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£54.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £54,189
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,878 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£54k
↓ 3.3% YoY
Current Assets
£52k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£22k£34k£45k£56kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£54.2k£56.1k
Current assets£52.4k£53.3k
Net assets£54.2k£56.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-19
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  3. 2023-02-20
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  4. 2022-03-22
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  5. 2021-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2019-09-25
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-02
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2018-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-07
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    ROBERTSON, Peter Stewart appointed
    director
  11. 2017-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2017-08-16
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-04-10
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  14. 2017-04-06
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    MCCOWAN, Stewart resigned
    director
  15. 2016-09-12
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-03-01
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    LABURN, Drew resigned
    director
  18. 2003-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGIES LIMITED
  19. 2003-12-30
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    ROBERTSON, Anthony appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-12-30
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    ROBERTSON, Anthony, Mr. appointed
    director
  21. 2003-12-30
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-12-30
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-12-30
    ➕
    LABURN, Drew appointed
    director
  24. 2003-12-30
    ➕
    MCCOWAN, Stewart appointed
    director
  25. 2003-12-30
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-12-30
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 22 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mr. Anthony Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stewart Mccowanceased 24/11/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2003-12-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

9 Willow Place
Blairgowrie
Perthshire
PH10 6UY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-30
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Active
ROBERTSON, Anthony, Mr.→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-12-30
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Active
ROBERTSON, Peter Stewart→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-04-07
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-30 · resigned 2003-12-30
Resigned
LABURN, Drew→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-12-30 · resigned 2012-03-01
Resigned
MCCOWAN, Stewart→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-12-30 · resigned 2017-04-06
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-12-30 · resigned 2003-12-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-03