EDINBURGH FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC046652 · ltd · incorporated 1969-06-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Television programme production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
121 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-042024-07-04
Average employees0—

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.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-07-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-07-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2021-07-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 1998-07-03
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    CRICHTON, Margaret Caroline appointed
    director
  22. 1998-06-30
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    CRICHTON, Patricia Mary resigned
    director
  23. 1969-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 57 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Robin Crichton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1940 · age 86
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/06/2016
Ms Margaret Caroline Crichton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1969-06-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

Keepers House
Traquair House
Innerleithen
Peeblesshire
EH44 6PP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last made up to: 2025-07-04
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CRICHTON, Anthony Robin→
secretary
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Active
CRICHTON, Anthony Robin→
director · ~86y
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Active
CRICHTON, Margaret Caroline→
director · ~59y · appointed 1998-07-03
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Active
CRICHTON, Patricia Mary→
director · ~85y · resigned 1998-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (121 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-29