CLOVECREST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC270216 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-30
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  3. 2023-06-28
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  4. 2023-01-24
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2021-07-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2021-07-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-31
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  10. 2019-04-15
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-04-15
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2019-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-04-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-03-01
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    address · AD01
  15. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-09-07
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    DALZIEL, Mark William appointed
    director
  19. 2005-01-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 2004-07-07
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    HYNDS, Caroline Ann appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-07-07
    ➕
    HYNDS, Patrick Leonard appointed
    director
  22. 2004-07-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-07-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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  24. 2004-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As CLOVECREST LIMITED
  25. 2004-07-02
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-07-02
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Patrick Leonard Hynds
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

C/O Sips Industries Limited Crossway
Donibristle Industrial Estate
Dalgety Bay
Fife
KY11 9JE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HYNDS, Caroline Ann→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALZIEL, Mark William→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HYNDS, Patrick Leonard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-02 · resigned 2004-07-07
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-07-02 · resigned 2004-07-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
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Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property24/01/200514/07/2021

Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-26