COMPUTERCRAFT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC128229 · ltd · incorporated 1990-11-05
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£163.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 25.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £163,216
Very low cash
Cash position: £24

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£24
Net Worth
£163k
Current Assets
£24
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-05
Total assets£163.2k
Current assets£24
Cash£24
Net assets£163.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-08-07
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-07-25
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  5. 2021-08-03
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  6. 2020-07-03
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  7. 2020-06-16
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  8. 2019-07-08
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  9. 2018-06-27
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  10. 2017-07-25
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  11. 2016-08-02
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  12. 2015-11-25
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  13. 2015-07-14
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  14. 2014-11-30
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  15. 2014-07-24
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  16. 2001-11-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2001-01-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 1990-11-05
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPUTERCRAFT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  19. 1990-11-05
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Richard Scott appointed
    secretary
  20. 1990-11-05
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Gillian Mary, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 1990-11-05
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Richard Scott appointed
    director
  22. 1990-11-05
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1990-11-05
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1990-11-05
    ➕
    WAUGH, Joanne appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1990-11-05
    ➖
    WAUGH, Joanne resigned
    nominee-director

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Scott Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1990-11-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

2nd Floor Left
5 Argyle Park Terrace
Marchmont
Edinburgh
EH9 1JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last made up to: 2024-11-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROBINSON, Richard Scott→
secretary · appointed 1990-11-05
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Active
ROBINSON, Gillian Mary, Dr→
director · ~69y · appointed 1990-11-05
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Active
ROBINSON, Richard Scott→
director · ~73y · appointed 1990-11-05
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1990-11-05 · resigned 1990-11-05
Resigned
WAUGH, Joanne→
nominee-director · appointed 1990-11-05 · resigned 1990-11-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property09/11/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/01/2001—
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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-28
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-08