COMPARATIVE RESEARCH LIMITED

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SC165894 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-28
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 May 2025
Net worth
£229.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £229,346
Net assets shrinking
Down £39,581 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 74% YoY
Cash YoY
-74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↓ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£229k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£54k£108k£161k£215k£269kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£229.3k£268.9k
Cash£12.2k£47.3k
Net assets£229.3k£268.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-06
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-05-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-27
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-06-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-06-20
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    ROSE, Daniel Lincoln appointed
    director
  13. 2022-06-20
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    ROSE, Clare, Dr resigned
    director
  14. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-01
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    capital · SH03
  16. 2020-08-26
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  17. 2020-08-26
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  18. 2020-08-26
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-08-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-08-18
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    ROSE, Charles Richard, Professor appointed
    secretary
  22. 2020-08-18
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    ROSE, Rosemary resigned
    secretary
  23. 2020-08-18
    ➕
    ROSE, Clare, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 2020-08-18
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    ROSE, Rosemary resigned
    director
  25. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 1996-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPARATIVE RESEARCH LIMITED
  27. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    ROSE, Charles Richard, Professor appointed
    director
  28. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1996-05-28
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  30. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    ROSE, Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  31. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  32. 1996-05-28
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  33. 1996-05-28
    ➕
    ROSE, Rosemary appointed
    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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — 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 93 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Professor Charles Richard Rose
Individual · British · DOB 04/1933 · age 93
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/05/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Rosemary Roseceased 07/05/2019· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1996-05-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

Bennochy 1 East Abercromby Street
Helensburgh
Dunbartonshire
G84 7SP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ROSE, Charles Richard, Professor→
secretary · appointed 2020-08-18
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Active
ROSE, Charles Richard, Professor→
director · ~93y · appointed 1996-05-28
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Active
ROSE, Daniel Lincoln→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-06-20
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Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 1996-05-28
Resigned
ROSE, Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 2020-08-18
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 1996-05-28
Resigned
ROSE, Clare, Dr→
director · ~67y · appointed 2020-08-18 · resigned 2022-06-20
Resigned
ROSE, Rosemary→
director · ~101y · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 2020-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07