CLELAND ROOFING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC670470 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 23 | 1800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-20➕HUMPHRIES, Christopher Stewart appointeddirector
- 2024-04-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-21📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-02-21📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-02-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) Limited
- 2020-08-11🏢Company incorporatedAs CLELAND ROOFING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2020-08-11➕CLELAND, George appointeddirector
- 2020-08-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CLELAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr George Cleland Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/08/2020 |
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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities
Registered office
16 Lady Brae
Gorebridge
Midlothian
EH23 4HT
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CLELAND, George→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUMPHRIES, Christopher Stewart→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2024-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) Advantedge Commercial Finance (North) Limited | A registered charge | — | 21/12/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (19 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-21
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-02-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-08