CITY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (DISTRIBUTION) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC372968 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 15.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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

2 live charges · oldest 15.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.9 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: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
23 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
48 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2021-10-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  7. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2017-12-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-09-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-05-16
    ➕
    HAUGHEY, William, Lord appointed
    director
  18. 2011-05-16
    ➕
    MCPHERSON, Lisa Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2010-06-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2010-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CITY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (DISTRIBUTION) LIMITED
  21. 2010-02-15
    ➕
    TELFER, Stuart appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-02-15
    ➕
    SEGGIE, Colin John appointed
    director
  23. 2010-02-15
    ➕
    TELFER, Stuart appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

City Facilities Management Holdings (Uk) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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City Facilities Management Holdings (Uk) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CITY FACILITIES MANAGEMENT (DISTRIBUTION) LIMITED
This company · SC372968

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
City Facilities Management Holdings (Uk) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/01/2018
Lord William Haughey
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Caledonia House
2 Lawmoor Street
Glasgow
G5 0US

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

TELFER, Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active
HAUGHEY, William, Lord→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-05-16
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Active
MCPHERSON, Lisa Margaret→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-05-16
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Active
SEGGIE, Colin John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active
TELFER, Stuart→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—26/10/2021—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property25/06/2010—
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-10-09