CRANE MAINTAIN LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC317952 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-07
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£852.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £852,735
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£543k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£853k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£221k£441k£662k£883k£1.1mAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£959.7k£813.0k£802.9k
Current assets£1.07M£1.03M£1.10M
Cash£543.5k£441.4k£490.3k
Debtors£528.2k£585.4k£612.9k
Net assets£852.7k£766.5k£759.0k

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

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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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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  2. 2026-02-11
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  3. 2026-02-11
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  4. 2026-02-02
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    WALKER, Stephanie appointed
    secretary
  5. 2026-02-02
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    PATTERSON, Derek Stuart resigned
    secretary
  6. 2025-10-29
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  7. 2025-10-29
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  8. 2025-05-08
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  9. 2024-05-14
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  10. 2023-05-17
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  11. 2022-05-26
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  12. 2021-05-24
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  13. 2020-05-15
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  14. 2019-05-28
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  15. 2018-05-28
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  16. 2017-05-25
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  17. 2016-05-23
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  18. 2008-10-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  19. 2007-03-15
    ➕
    PATTERSON, Derek Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2007-03-15
    ➕
    STARK, Hugh Mackie appointed
    director
  21. 2007-03-15
    ➕
    PATTERSON, Derek Stuart appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CRANE MAINTAIN LTD
  23. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-03-07
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2007-03-07
    ➖
    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  27. 2007-03-07
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2007-03-07
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Derek Stuart Patterson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1973 · age 53
——board controlboard control07/03/2017
Mr Hugh Mackie Stark
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
——board controlboard control07/03/2017

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
Incorporated2007-03-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Unit 53 Hagmill Road
Shawhead Industrial Estate
Coatbridge
Lanarkshire
ML5 4XD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WALKER, Stephanie→
secretary · appointed 2026-02-02
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Active
PATTERSON, Derek Stuart→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-03-15
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Active
STARK, Hugh Mackie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-03-15
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Active
PATTERSON, Derek Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-15 · resigned 2026-02-02
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2007-03-07
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2007-03-07
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-03-07 · resigned 2007-03-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property21/10/2008—
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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-02-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-02-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24