CRAIGALLIAN TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC812002 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-29
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Hygiene score: 50 → 90
  • · Bankability: 45 → 70
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 5 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 5 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Deal-killer verdict: complicatedworkable
  • Opportunity score: 6575
  • Hygiene score: 5090
  • +3 more
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£3.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £3,380

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£3k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£3.4k
Current assets£3.4k
Net assets£3.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-06-24
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2026-04-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGALLIAN TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
  6. 2024-05-29
    HART, Helga appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Helga Hart
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting29/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

21 Hilton Road
Milngavie
Glasgow
G62 7DN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HART, Helga
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-05-29
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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-29