C & R MUNRO LTD.

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SC257792 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£277.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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
80
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 £277,738
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£213k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£278k
↑ 6.5% YoY
Current Assets
£327k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£66k£133k£199k£266k£332kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£290.0k£265.6k
Current assets£327.1k£332.1k
Cash£212.9k£190.0k
Debtors£104.0k£132.2k
Net assets£277.7k£260.8k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-21
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  5. 2024-05-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-05-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-05-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-04
    ➖
    MUNRO, Charles resigned
    secretary
  10. 2023-06-04
    ➖
    MUNRO, Charles resigned
    director
  11. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As C & R MUNRO LTD.
  20. 2003-10-17
    ➕
    MUNRO, Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-17
    ➕
    MUNRO, Charles appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-10-17
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-10-17
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-10-17
    ➕
    MUNRO, Charles appointed
    director
  25. 2003-10-17
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-10-17
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-10-17
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2003-10-17
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MUNRO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Charles Munro
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/10/2025
Mr Robert Munro
Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charles Munroceased 04/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-10-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Unit 7e
Bandeath Industrial Estate
Throsk
Stirling
FK7 7NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

MUNRO, Robert→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUNRO, Charles→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-17 · resigned 2023-06-04
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-17 · resigned 2003-10-17
Resigned
MUNRO, Charles→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-10-17 · resigned 2023-06-04
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-17 · resigned 2003-10-17
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-17 · resigned 2003-10-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-05-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-03