A.J. CRAIG & SONS (INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC062835 · ltd · incorporated 1977-08-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£9.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Window cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81229Other building and industrial cleaning activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 42.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,776
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,623 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£10k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£11k£16k£22k£27kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£15.1k£23.4k
Current assets£22.0k£27.4k
Net assets£9.8k£23.4k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-01-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2021-12-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-10
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    HARRIS, Amanda Ann resigned
    director
  13. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2019-11-27
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    Charge satisfied #3
  17. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-15
    ➖
    CRAIG, Stewart resigned
    secretary
  20. 2016-09-15
    ➖
    CRAIG, Stewart resigned
    director
  21. 2000-01-24
    ➕
    CRAIG, Stewart appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-01-24
    ➖
    DORWARD, Craig resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-01-24
    ➖
    DORWARD, Craig resigned
    director
  24. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    CRAIG, Alan Michael appointed
    director
  25. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    CRAIG JNR, Stewart appointed
    director
  26. 1999-12-02
    ➕
    HARRIS, Amanda Ann appointed
    director
  27. 1993-04-23
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 1984-03-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 1977-08-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.J. CRAIG & SONS (INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CRAIG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Michael Craig
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1977-08-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81221 — Window cleaning services

Registered office

6 North Isla Street
Dundee
Angus
DD3 7JQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CRAIG, Alan Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAIG JNR, Stewart→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAIG, Stewart→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-24 · resigned 2016-09-15
Resigned
DORWARD, Craig→
secretary · resigned 2000-01-24
Resigned
CRAIG, Stewart→
director · ~90y · resigned 2016-09-15
Resigned
DORWARD, Craig→
director · ~97y · resigned 2000-01-24
Resigned
HARRIS, Amanda Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-12-02 · resigned 2021-12-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property23/04/199327/11/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property12/03/198420/01/2022

Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20