CONSARC ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC019918 · ltd · incorporated 1937-08-24

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28210

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 50.2y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 50.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (5 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

133 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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2025-04-11
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2024-05-02
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2024-04-30
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ANDERSON, James Hislop resigned
director
2024-03-25
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2023-04-05
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2023-04-05
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officers · AP01
2023-03-31
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COLEMAN, Carol appointed
director
2023-03-31
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GUILLIARD, Noel Anthony appointed
director
2023-03-17
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2023-02-09
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2023-02-09
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officers · TM02
2023-02-05
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RINTOUL, Hazel resigned
secretary
2023-02-05
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RINTOUL, Hazel resigned
director
2022-05-30
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2021-04-19
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2020-08-07
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2019-04-03
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2018-03-14
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2017-03-16
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2016-04-01
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RENNIE, Eric Thomas resigned
director
2016-03-25
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RAFFNER, Bernard Maurice appointed
director
2016-01-04
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RENNIE, Eric Thomas resigned
secretary
2016-01-04
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RINTOUL, Hazel appointed
secretary
2016-01-04
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HAWKINS, Graham Edmund resigned
director
2016-01-04
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MARINO, William Joseph resigned
director
2016-01-04
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RINTOUL, Hazel appointed
director
2015-02-27
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ROBERTS, Raymond John resigned
director
2013-07-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-03-30
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KAY, Allan Hugh appointed
director
2010-03-30
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NARAYAN, Jai appointed
director
2010-03-30
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ANDERSON, James Hislop appointed
director
2009-02-10
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MOLLOY, James resigned
director
2004-08-31
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JONES, Louis Thomas resigned
director
2004-02-02
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HAWKINS, Graham Edmund appointed
director
2001-05-31
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RENNIE, Eric Thomas appointed
secretary
2001-04-30
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COOKE, William Henry resigned
secretary
2001-04-30
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COOKE, William Henry resigned
director
2001-03-01
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MOLLOY, James appointed
director
2000-08-31
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WILSON, John Glencross resigned
director
2000-02-07
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JONES, Louis Thomas appointed
director
1999-12-31
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GEE, Christopher Barrie resigned
director
1999-05-17
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COOKE, William Henry appointed
director
1999-04-08
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Charge satisfied #1
1999-03-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
1998-04-10
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CRAWFORD, Dewar resigned
director
1990-04-06
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RENNIE, Eric Thomas appointed
director
1976-02-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1937-08-24
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Company incorporated
As CONSARC ENGINEERING LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 89 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Virginia Rowan Smith Individual · American · DOB 05/1946 · age 80	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1937-08-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC28210 — SIC 28210

Registered office

9 Woodside

Euro Central

Holytown

Lanarkshire

ML1 4XL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last: 2025-10-17