CLONCREST MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01004635 · ltd · incorporated 1971-03-12
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 47.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 47.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees5500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-25
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  2. 2025-01-13
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  3. 2024-01-18
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  4. 2023-01-27
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  5. 2022-01-27
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  6. 2021-03-03
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  7. 2020-01-31
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  8. 2019-01-31
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  9. 2018-01-31
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  10. 2017-02-10
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  11. 2017-02-01
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  12. 2016-02-17
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  13. 2016-01-29
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  14. 2015-03-02
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  15. 2015-02-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-02-01
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    DAVISON, Fraser Bruce appointed
    director
  17. 2011-11-20
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    DAVISON, Richard Stuart appointed
    director
  18. 2011-11-20
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    DAVISON, Alistair Bruce resigned
    director
  19. 1993-03-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 1991-11-28
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1991-11-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1979-05-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 1971-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CLONCREST MOTORS LIMITED

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 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Moira Davison
Individual · British · DOB 05/1941 · age 85
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1971-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

East Ord Trading Estate
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 2XF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

DAVISON, Moira→
secretary
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Active
DAVISON, Fraser Bruce→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-02-01
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Active
DAVISON, Moira→
director · ~85y
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Active
DAVISON, Richard Stuart→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-11-20
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Active
DAVISON, Alistair Bruce→
director · ~90y · resigned 2011-11-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property28/11/1991—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property18/11/1991—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property23/05/197911/03/1993
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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
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accounts · AA
2026-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-15