CLARK AND ROSE (REMOVALS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC508656 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-17

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 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Removal services

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.6y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (8 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
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officers · AP01
2025-02-01
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NELDER, Anthony appointed
director
2024-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
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WAUDBY, Laura Jane resigned
director
2024-05-03
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officers · TM01
2023-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-01
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WAUDBY, Laura Jane appointed
director
2022-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-16
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mortgage · MR07
2020-10-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-01
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-07-14
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bartups Limited
2019-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-03-11
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capital · SH01
2019-02-06
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2018-04-04
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-02-16
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CLARK, Austin Ronald resigned
director
2018-02-01
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BROWN, Andrew Nicholas appointed
director
2018-02-01
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STEWART, Phil appointed
director
2016-10-07
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CLARK, Richard appointed
director
2016-10-07
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CLARK, Austin Ronald appointed
director
2016-05-06
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LONEY, Jeremy Mark appointed
director
2016-05-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-10-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-06-17
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Company incorporated
As CLARK AND ROSE (REMOVALS) LIMITED
2015-06-17
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CRAMPTON, Anna Clare appointed
secretary
2015-06-17
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BARTUP, Robert George appointed
director
2015-06-17
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CRAMPTON, Anna Clare appointed
director

Owner dependency

70/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLARK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Bartups Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bartups Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CLARK AND ROSE (REMOVALS) LIMITED

This company · SC508656

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bartups Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/11/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

G B Liners Ltdceased 07/11/2018· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated2015-06-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

Barclayhill Place

Portlethen

Aberdeen

AB12 4LH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31