CRAIGHEAD NURSERIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC521313 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-27

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 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£89.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Pre-primary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.2y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £89,848

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£90k

Current Assets

£242k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31
Total assets	£208.5k
Current assets	£241.5k
Net assets	£89.8k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA01
2025-11-12
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accounts · AA
2024-09-03
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
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accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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accounts · AA
2020-01-21
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accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2016-10-06
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mortgage · MR01
2016-10-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-03-07
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mortgage · MR04
2016-03-07
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-02-25
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mortgage · MR01
2016-02-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC.
2015-12-17
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GOLDIE, James Dunlop appointed
director
2015-12-17
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officers · AP01
2015-11-27
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Company incorporated
As CRAIGHEAD NURSERIES LTD
2015-11-27
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GOLDIE, Elspeth Jean appointed
director
2015-11-27
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GOLDIE, Michael James appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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
Mrs Elspeth Jean Goldie Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/11/2016
Mr Michael James Goldie Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/11/2016

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

Incorporated2015-11-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

Craighead

Farm

Mauchline

Ayrshire

KA5 6EX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-10

Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GOLDIE, Elspeth Jean→

director · ~42y · appointed 2015-11-27

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Active

GOLDIE, James Dunlop→

director · ~75y · appointed 2015-12-17

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Active

GOLDIE, Michael James→

director · ~42y · appointed 2015-11-27

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	03/10/2016	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC.	A registered charge	—	23/02/2016	07/03/2016

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Recent filings (26 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2026-03-16

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-27