CRAIGOWL HOLDINGS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC266917 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-06-01
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    DUNCAN, Julie Veronica appointed
    director
  9. 2022-05-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2022-02-08
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  11. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGOWL HOLDINGS LTD.
  18. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Julie Veronica appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Alexander Frank appointed
    director
  20. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-04-23
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DUNCAN, Julie Veronica (same surname) appointed 2022-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. 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 Alexander Frank Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Julie Veronica Duncanceased 28/10/2024· 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
Incorporated2004-04-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

Balkemback
Tealing
Dundee
DD4 0RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DUNCAN, Julie Veronica→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-23
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Active
DUNCAN, Alexander Frank→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-04-23
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Active
DUNCAN, Julie Veronica→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2004-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29