CRUICKSHANK GLAZIERS LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC315183 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-23

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£845.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Glazing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £845,108

Cash YoY

+27%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£851k

↑ 27% YoY

Net Worth

£845k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Assets

£986k

↑ 21% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£866.7k	£691.2k
Current assets	£985.8k	£817.8k
Cash	£850.8k	£671.3k
Debtors	£73.0k	£91.5k
Net assets	£845.1k	£686.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-11-14
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2024-11-21
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2023-12-17
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2022-12-28
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2021-12-28
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2020-11-24
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2019-12-02
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2018-07-17
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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2016-09-19
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accounts · AA
2016-02-16
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address · AD01
2016-02-03
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-12
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accounts · AA
2015-01-27
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2014-07-22
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accounts · AA
2007-01-23
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Company incorporated
As CRUICKSHANK GLAZIERS LTD.
2007-01-23
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CRUICKSHANK, Lynn appointed
secretary
2007-01-23
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CRUICKSHANK, James Alexander appointed
director
2007-01-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-01-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2007-01-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-01-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CRUICKSHANK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Alexander Cruickshank Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Lynn Cruickshank Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-01-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

Unit 1 Lock 7 Muirhead

Mitchelston Industrial Estate

Kirkcaldy

Fife

KY1 3PB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CRUICKSHANK, Lynn→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-23

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Active

CRUICKSHANK, James Alexander→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-01-23

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-23

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-23 · resigned 2007-01-23

Resigned

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