CRAIGALAN CONTROLS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC275087 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-22

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 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 5.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 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	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	31	3000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-27
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MARMION, Jamie appointed
director
2022-10-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-12
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Esf Loans Limited Acting as Security Trustee
2020-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-25
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-01-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-01-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-11-20
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SEMPLE, Andrew resigned
director
2010-11-25
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ARMSTRONG, John appointed
director
2010-03-02
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MCMILLAN, Kevin John appointed
director
2010-03-02
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SEMPLE, Andrew appointed
director
2004-10-22
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Company incorporated
As CRAIGALAN CONTROLS LIMITED
2004-10-22
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CREE, Alan appointed
secretary
2004-10-22
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CREE, Alan appointed
director
2004-10-22
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JAMES, Craig George appointed
director
2004-10-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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.)

Group structure

Craigalan Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Craigalan Group Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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CRAIGALAN CONTROLS LIMITED

This company · SC275087

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Craigalan Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	14/02/2017
Mr Craig James Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Alan Cree Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-10-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Business First Burnbrae Road

Linwood

Paisley

PA3 3FP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-05

Last: 2025-10-22