CLARK BOYLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC374472 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-09
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 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.64M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 16.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.0 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 (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
42 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,636,172
Cash YoY
+33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7.5m
↑ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£8.4m
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1.7m£3.4m£5.1m£6.8m£8.4mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.64M£1.25M
Current assets£8.44M£6.37M
Cash£7.49M£5.63M
Debtors£427.3k£358.3k
Net assets£1.64M£1.25M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-01
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-04-30
    ➖
    REILLY, Laurence Vincent resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-04-30
    ➖
    REILLY, Laurence Vincent resigned
    director
  6. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-21
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  8. 2024-03-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-01
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    HEANEY, Lauren appointed
    director
  14. 2020-09-01
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-15
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-04-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2010-04-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2010-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CLARK BOYLE LIMITED
  22. 2010-03-09
    ➕
    BELL, Derek Wright appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-09
    ➕
    QUEEN, Graham John Holland appointed
    director
  24. 2010-03-09
    ➕
    REILLY, Laurence Vincent appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-03-09
    ➕
    REILLY, Laurence Vincent appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
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.
  • 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

Clark Boyle Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Clark Boyle Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CLARK BOYLE LIMITED
This company · SC374472

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Clark Boyle Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/01/2024
Derek Wright Bell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Graham John Holland Queen
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Laurence Vincent Reillyceased 09/01/2024· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

33a Gordon Street
Glasgow
G1 3PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BELL, Derek Wright→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEANEY, Lauren→
director · ~37y · appointed 2020-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUEEN, Graham John Holland→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-03-09
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Active
REILLY, Laurence Vincent→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-09 · resigned 2025-04-30
Resigned
REILLY, Laurence Vincent→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-03-09 · resigned 2025-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property19/04/2010—
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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18