CARRON CRAFTS LTD
🌱Startupactive
SC837771 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-14
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (54/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-02-14🏢Company incorporatedAs CARRON CRAFTS LTD
- 2025-02-14➕TEAGO, Janferie Alison appointeddirector
- 2025-02-14➕TEAGO, Robert William appointeddirector
- 2025-02-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert William Teago Individual · British · DOB 11/1944 · age 82 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/02/2025 |
Janferie Alison Teago Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/02/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-02-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
Carron Crafts
Cam-Allt
Strathcarron
Ross-Shire
IV54 8YX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
TEAGO, Janferie Alison→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2025-02-14
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TEAGO, Robert William→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2025-02-14
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Recent filings (4 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-11-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-14