AILSA CRAIG GIFTS MAIDENS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC402222 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-22
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-59.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £59,096
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£59k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-59.1k | £-35.1k |
| Current assets | £7.4k | £8.6k |
| Net assets | £-59.1k | £-35.1k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-06✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-03➕WHEELER, David Jeremy appointeddirector
- 2020-08-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-03📄elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-registerofficers · EH02
- 2020-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2018-11-13📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2011-06-22🏢Company incorporatedAs AILSA CRAIG GIFTS MAIDENS LIMITED
- 2011-06-22➕MCADAM, Heather appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Heather Mcadam Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 22/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-06-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Registered office
111 Ardlochan Road
Maidens
Girvan
KA26 9NS
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCADAM, Heather→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2011-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHEELER, David Jeremy→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2020-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (36 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-03