CRAIGLOUR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC511590 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-24

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 23 → 25

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 23 → 25

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£-146.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 (86/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £146,666

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£147k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£227k

↑ 49% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£-146.7k	£-168.5k	£-245.4k
Current assets	£226.5k	£151.8k	£31.2k
Net assets	£-146.7k	£-168.5k	£-245.4k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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2025-07-14
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2025-03-05
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2024-07-22
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2023-07-21
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2022-07-28
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2021-07-21
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2020-07-31
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2019-07-22
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2018-07-26
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2017-04-19
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2015-07-24
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Company incorporated
As CRAIGLOUR LIMITED
2015-07-24
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HALL, Diane appointed
director
2015-07-24
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HALL, Robert Hugh Bullock appointed
director
2015-07-24
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2015-07-24
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Owner dependency

79/100

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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 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 61. 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Hugh Bullock Hall Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Diane Hall Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-07-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Craiglearan

Moniaive

Thornhill

DG3 4JD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-24

Last: 2026-07-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HALL, Diane→

director · ~58y · appointed 2015-07-24

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Active

HALL, Robert Hugh Bullock→

director · ~61y · appointed 2015-07-24

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-10

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-03-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-07-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-07-31