C&J TILING SCOTLAND LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC770775 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2023
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2023-05-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As C&J TILING SCOTLAND LIMITED
  4. 2023-05-26
    FAIRFULL, Craig appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-04-30

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Fairfull
Individual · British · DOB 03/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2a New Dock Lane
Custom House Place
Greenock
Renfrewshire
PA15 1EJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2023-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FAIRFULL, Craig
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-05-26
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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-26