CORSEHILL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC163134 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-05

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-19
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2024-04-27
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accounts · AA
2024-01-13
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accounts · AA
2022-04-20
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accounts · AA
2022-01-12
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accounts · AA
2020-06-13
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accounts · AA
2019-12-14
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accounts · AA
2018-12-27
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accounts · AA
2017-12-19
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HODGE, Helen resigned
director
2017-12-19
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officers · TM01
2017-12-19
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accounts · AA
2017-05-16
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capital · SH02
2017-05-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2017-02-26
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officers · AP01
2017-02-26
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officers · AP01
2017-02-26
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officers · AP01
2017-02-24
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HARDY, Christine Anne Cunningham appointed
director
2017-02-24
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WATSON, Margaret Maida appointed
director
2017-02-24
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HODGE, Helen appointed
director
2014-07-07
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WATSON, James Ingram resigned
director
1996-02-05
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Company incorporated
As CORSEHILL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
1996-02-05
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GIBSON, Maida Cunningham appointed
secretary
1996-02-05
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GIBSON, Maida Cunningham appointed
director
1996-02-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-02-05
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-02-05
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WATSON, James Ingram appointed
director

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Maida Cunningham Gibson Individual · British · DOB 11/1945 · age 81	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/02/2017

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

Incorporated1996-02-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

44 Aytoun Road

Pollokshields

Glasgow

G41 5HN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-19

Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GIBSON, Maida Cunningham→

secretary · appointed 1996-02-05

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Active

GIBSON, Maida Cunningham→

director · ~81y · appointed 1996-02-05

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Active

HARDY, Christine Anne Cunningham→

director · ~51y · appointed 2017-02-24

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Active

WATSON, Margaret Maida→

director · ~57y · appointed 2017-02-24

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-05 · resigned 1996-02-05

Resigned

HODGE, Helen→

director · ~54y · appointed 2017-02-24 · resigned 2017-12-19

Resigned

WATSON, James Ingram→

director · ~87y · appointed 1996-02-05 · resigned 2014-07-07

Resigned

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