CRAIGLEITH CAPITAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC529142 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: General public administration activities
Sector: Public administration
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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 (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
38 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3 | 300 |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
11
filings
- • 6 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
11
filings
- • 6 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-03-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-03-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-02-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-16➕HOME, Catherine Mary appointeddirector
- 2016-05-27➕GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-05-25➕HOME, Janet appointeddirector
- 2016-03-09🏢Company incorporatedAs CRAIGLEITH CAPITAL LIMITED
- 2016-03-09➕HOME, David Mcclaren appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Gillespie Macandrew (Trustees) Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
🏛️majority
Gillespie Macandrew (Trustees) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
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CRAIGLEITH CAPITAL LIMITED
This company · SC529142
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Gillespie Macandrew (Trustees) Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 24/03/2026 |
Ms Janet Home Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 02/04/2018 |
Mr Patrick Home Individual · British · DOB 07/1941 · age 85 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr David Mcclaren Home Individual · British · DOB 03/1993 · age 33 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC84110 — General public administration activities
Registered office
5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 8EJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2016-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOME, Catherine Mary→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2018-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOME, David Mcclaren→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2016-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
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Recent filings (38 total)
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28