CORACHIE CLEMATIS PLANT CENTRE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC337977 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-18

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£133.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47760

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 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 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £133,784

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£134k

↑ 8.9% YoY

Current Assets

£213k

↑ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£147.1k	£141.2k
Current assets	£213.0k	£140.8k
Net assets	£133.8k	£122.8k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-22
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2022-10-10
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2021-08-03
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2020-07-28
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2019-10-28
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2019-02-22
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officers · CH01
2018-10-26
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accounts · AA
2018-02-23
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officers · CH01
2018-02-23
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officers · CH01
2018-02-23
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officers · CH03
2017-10-30
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accounts · AA
2016-10-05
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2016-03-02
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2008-02-18
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Company incorporated
As CORACHIE CLEMATIS PLANT CENTRE LTD.
2008-02-18
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BAIRD, Jana appointed
secretary
2008-02-18
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BAIRD, Henry Douglas William appointed
director
2008-02-18
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BAIRD, Jana appointed
director
2008-02-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-02-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2008-02-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Henry Douglas William Baird Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Jana Baird Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2008-02-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47760 — SIC 47760

Registered office

9 Glasgow Road

Paisley

PA1 3QS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-04

Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BAIRD, Jana→

secretary · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

BAIRD, Henry Douglas William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

BAIRD, Jana→

director · ~54y · appointed 2008-02-18

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-02-18

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-18 · resigned 2008-02-18

Resigned

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