CARLOWAY CROFTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC476584 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-01
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£58.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £58,024

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£58k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£23k£35k£46k£58kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£58.0k£58.0k
Net assets£58.0k£58.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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  2. 2025-01-22
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  3. 2024-01-26
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  4. 2023-02-20
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  5. 2022-03-11
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  6. 2020-06-16
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  7. 2019-11-19
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  8. 2019-02-28
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  9. 2018-02-19
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  10. 2017-02-17
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  11. 2016-06-19
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  12. 2016-03-30
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  13. 2015-05-07
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  14. 2015-05-07
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  15. 2015-05-07
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  16. 2014-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CARLOWAY CROFTS LIMITED
  17. 2014-05-01
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    INGRAM, John Fraser appointed
    director
  18. 2014-05-01
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    MACLEOD, Kathleen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

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.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Kathleen Macleod
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2014-05-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

1 Knock
Carloway
Isle Of Lewis
HS2 9AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

INGRAM, John Fraser→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-05-01
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MACLEOD, Kathleen→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-05-01
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-28