CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES EDINBURGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC091725 · ltd · incorporated 1985-02-18
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
£135.39M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

18 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 40.4y

25/100
too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 40.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
18 charges (18/18 with lender, 18/18 with type)
90
Directors & officers
31 officers (4 active, 31 linked, 23 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
189 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £29,067,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-28
Turnover£135.39M
Gross profit£45.75M
Operating profit£27.71M
Profit before tax£29.07M
Average employees135900

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (104 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-10
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    BURNS, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  4. 2024-01-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  6. 2023-07-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-06-02
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    ROMOLI, Andrea resigned
    director
  8. 2022-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-06-06
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    ROMOLI, Andrea appointed
    director
  12. 2022-06-06
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    SMITH, David Ross resigned
    director
  13. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  14. 2021-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-06-23
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2021-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2021-06-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2021-01-01
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    HENEGHAN, Rushna Tejani appointed
    secretary
  19. 2021-01-01
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    HENEGHAN, Rushna Tejani appointed
    director
  20. 2020-12-31
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    PRICE, Sarah Margaret resigned
    secretary
  21. 2020-12-31
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    PRICE, Sarah Margaret resigned
    director
  22. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-05-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  24. 2020-05-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  25. 2020-05-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  26. 2020-05-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  27. 2020-05-20
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    JOHST, David resigned
    secretary
  28. 2020-05-20
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    PRICE, Sarah Margaret appointed
    secretary
  29. 2020-05-20
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    JOHST, David resigned
    director
  30. 2020-05-20
    ➕
    PRICE, Sarah Margaret appointed
    director
  31. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  32. 2018-08-02
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    MOLHO, Davide resigned
    director
  33. 2015-05-15
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    ACKERMAN, Thomas resigned
    director
  34. 2015-05-15
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    FOSTER, James resigned
    director
  35. 2015-05-15
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    MOLHO, Davide appointed
    director
  36. 2015-05-15
    ➕
    SMITH, David Ross appointed
    director
  37. 2005-10-25
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    BATHGATE, Brian, Dr appointed
    director
  38. 2004-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #18
  39. 2004-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #17
  40. 2004-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #16
  41. 2004-11-03
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    Charge satisfied #15
  42. 2004-10-20
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    COWAN, Desmond Joseph Paul Edward resigned
    secretary
  43. 2004-10-20
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    DAVIDSON, Doreen resigned
    secretary
  44. 2004-10-20
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    JOHST, David appointed
    secretary
  45. 2004-10-20
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    ACKERMAN, Thomas appointed
    director
  46. 2004-10-20
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    BATHGATE, Brian, Dr resigned
    director
  47. 2004-10-20
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    COWAN, Desmond Joseph Paul Edward resigned
    director
  48. 2004-10-20
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    FOSTER, James appointed
    director
  49. 2004-10-20
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    JOHST, David appointed
    director
  50. 2004-10-20
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    NIMMO, Walter Sneddon, Dr resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 104 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Charles River Laboratories International Inc. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Charles River Laboratories International Inc.
Corporate parent
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CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES EDINBURGH LIMITED
This company · SC091725

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Charles River Laboratories International Inc.
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence28/06/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-02-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

Elphinstone Research Centre
Tranent
EH33 2NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (4 active · 27 resigned)

HENEGHAN, Rushna Tejani→
secretary · appointed 2021-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BATHGATE, Brian, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNS, Geoffrey→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENEGHAN, Rushna Tejani→
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWAN, Desmond Joseph Paul Edward→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-16 · resigned 2004-10-20
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Doreen→
secretary · appointed 1990-03-31 · resigned 2004-10-20
Resigned
JOHST, David→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-20 · resigned 2020-05-20
Resigned
LESLIE, Stewart Gordon→
secretary · appointed 1993-10-13 · resigned 1993-10-13
Resigned
PRICE, Sarah Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2020-05-20 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned
THOMSON, Leonard→
secretary · resigned 1990-03-31
Resigned
ACKERMAN, Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-10-20 · resigned 2015-05-15
Resigned
BATHGATE, Brian, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-01-22 · resigned 2004-10-20
Resigned
CASSELS, Alexander→
director · ~96y · appointed 1988-11-30 · resigned 1989-06-28
Resigned
COWAN, Desmond Joseph Paul Edward→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-07-23 · resigned 2004-10-20
Resigned
CURRIE, Alastair, Sir→
director · ~105y · resigned 1989-06-28
Resigned
DRAFFAN, George Harry, Dr→
director · resigned 1989-06-28
Resigned
FOSTER, James→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-10-20 · resigned 2015-05-15
Resigned
JOHST, David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-10-20 · resigned 2020-05-20
Resigned
LESLIE, Stewart Gordon→
director · ~73y · appointed 1993-10-13 · resigned 2004-04-16
Resigned
MAIN, Peter Tester→
director · ~101y · resigned 1989-06-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

18
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:18 of 18 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Wachovia Bank as Security Trustee
Standard security1 property01/08/200303/11/2004
satisfied
Wachovia Bank as Security Trustee
Standard security1 property01/08/200303/11/2004
satisfied
Wachovia Bank as Security Trustee
Standard security1 property01/08/200303/11/2004
satisfied
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Floating charge1 property25/07/200303/11/2004
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/01/200307/08/2003
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/01/200307/08/2003
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/01/200307/08/2003
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property21/06/200207/08/2003
satisfied
Bear Stearns Corporate Lending
Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc
Floating charge1 property03/04/200125/07/2002
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/10/199904/05/2001
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property29/09/199904/05/2001
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property29/09/199904/05/2001
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property20/09/199904/05/2001
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property20/10/198627/09/1999
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Standard security1 property31/12/198527/09/1999
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Letter of offset1 property18/12/198527/09/1999
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property18/12/198527/09/1999
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property18/12/198527/09/1999

Recent filings (189 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-23