CLAYMORE HOMES LIMITED
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 14 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: refinance and hold (40/100).
Refinance opportunity
40 live charges · 13 lenders · oldest 18.5y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 13 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £5.62M | £8.45M |
| Current assets | £22.97M | £24.48M |
| Cash | £212.3k | £606.0k |
| Debtors | £1.04M | £436.1k |
| Net assets | £5.15M | £7.49M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (100 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #39
- 2025-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #37
- 2025-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #36
- 2025-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #33
- 2025-01-13🔓Charge satisfied #32
- 2024-10-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-11📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-11🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2024-08-29➖COWIE, Peter resigneddirector
- 2024-02-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-02-19🔒Charge registered #40Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #39Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #38Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #37Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #36Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #35Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #34Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #33Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-08-22🔒Charge registered #32Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-07-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-07-18🔓Charge satisfied #30
- 2023-07-17🔒Charge registered #31Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-03-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-03-17🔒Charge registered #30Lender: The Church of Scotland General Trustees
- 2022-10-14🔒Charge registered #29Lender: Susan Ann Baxter
- 2022-07-21🔒Charge registered #28Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2021-01-29🔒Charge registered #27Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2020-12-14➕ANTHONY, Colin Thomas appointeddirector
- 2020-01-14➕MASSON GLENNIE LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-12-17➖LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-09-12🔒Charge registered #26Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-01-29🔒Charge registered #25Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-01-10➕SMITH, Claire Michelle appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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
1 med · 1 lowMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Group structure
Jnf Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jnf Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 30/09/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Buchan Smith Jnrceased 05/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Steven Rolloceased 30/09/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (6 active · 8 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 19/02/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | 13/01/2025 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | 13/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | 13/01/2025 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | 13/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/08/2023 | 13/01/2025 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/07/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | The Church of Scotland General Trustees | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/03/2023 | 18/07/2023 | |
| outstanding | Susan Ann Baxter | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/10/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/07/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/01/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/09/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/01/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 15/12/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/02/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Nicholas Wilson Baxter / Susan Ann Baxter | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/02/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/01/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/04/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Crichie House, Stuartfield / John George Slessor Burnett Stuart | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/03/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/09/2015 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/06/2015 | 11/09/2024 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/01/2014 | 17/01/2017 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/04/2013 | 19/09/2016 | |
| outstanding | The Downiehills Land Partnership | Standard security | 1 property | 27/12/2012 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 22/11/2012 | 19/09/2016 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 22/11/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Project Systems Project Systems Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 03/02/2012 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 25/11/2011 | 21/09/2016 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 20/12/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 06/12/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | John Buchan Smith & Another | Standard security | 2 properties | 16/06/2010 | — | |
| outstanding | Scotia Homes (North) Scotia Homes (North) Limited | Standard security | 2 properties | 13/04/2010 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 14/01/2010 | 03/12/2010 | |
| satisfied | John Buchan Smith | Standard security | 1 property | 05/06/2009 | 04/05/2011 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 07/02/2008 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 17/01/2008 | 08/12/2010 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 14/11/2007 | 24/11/2010 |