CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC446665 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-03
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£105.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £105,599
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£76k
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£106k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£116k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£23k£47k£70k£93k£116kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£105.6k£84.2k
Current assets£116.4k£94.7k
Cash£76.4k£54.7k
Debtors£39.9k£39.9k
Net assets£105.6k£84.2k

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

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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  2. 2024-09-24
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-09-14
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2020-09-29
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  7. 2019-09-11
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  8. 2019-02-14
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  9. 2019-01-29
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  10. 2018-01-31
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  11. 2017-02-28
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  12. 2016-04-13
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  13. 2016-03-30
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  14. 2016-03-30
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  15. 2016-02-25
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  16. 2013-06-07
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    REID, Brian resigned
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  17. 2013-06-07
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    REID, Hazel resigned
    director
  18. 2013-04-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  19. 2013-04-03
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    WATSON, Annabel Douglas appointed
    director
  20. 2013-04-03
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    WATSON, Neil Cameron appointed
    director
  21. 2013-04-03
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    REID, Brian appointed
    director
  22. 2013-04-03
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    REID, Hazel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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 Annabel Douglas Watson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2013-04-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 The Glebe
Linlithgow
West Lothian
EH49 6SG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WATSON, Annabel Douglas→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-04-03
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Active
WATSON, Neil Cameron→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-04-03
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Active
REID, Brian→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-04-03 · resigned 2013-06-07
Resigned
REID, Hazel→
director · ~71y · appointed 2013-04-03 · resigned 2013-06-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

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2025-09-22
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2024-10-03
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2024-09-24
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2023-10-12
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2023-09-28
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2022-10-05
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2022-09-14
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2021-10-17
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2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2020-09-29
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2020-09-19
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2020-04-06
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2019-09-11
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