CRAWFORD PRIORY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC134279 · ltd · incorporated 1991-10-02
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-24
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2026-02-18
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  3. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-09-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-09-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-09-16
    ➕
    QUANDT, Silke appointed
    director
  14. 2019-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2017-09-11
    ➖
    COCHRANE OF CULTS, Ralph Henry Vere, Lord resigned
    director
  19. 2006-01-23
    ➕
    GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-01-23
    ➖
    GILLESPIE MACANDREW WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1991-10-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRAWFORD PRIORY LIMITED
  22. 1991-10-02
    ➕
    COCHRANE, Thomas Hunter Vere, The Honourable appointed
    director
  23. 1991-10-02
    ➕
    GILLESPIE MACANDREW WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1991-10-02
    ➕
    COCHRANE OF CULTS, Ralph Henry Vere, Lord appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Honourable Thomas Hunter Vere Cochrane
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
The Honourable Michael Charles Nicholas Cochrane Obe
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/09/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Lord Cochrane Of Cults Ralph Henry Vere Cochraneceased 11/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1991-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

5 Atholl Crescent
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 8EJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last made up to: 2024-10-01
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-01-23
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Active
COCHRANE, Thomas Hunter Vere, The Honourable→
director · ~69y · appointed 1991-10-02
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Active
QUANDT, Silke→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-09-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLESPIE MACANDREW WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1991-10-02 · resigned 2006-01-23
Resigned
COCHRANE OF CULTS, Ralph Henry Vere, Lord→
director · ~100y · appointed 1991-10-02 · resigned 2017-09-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-24
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-30