CRUCIAL VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC177250 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-15

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Video production activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62012Business and domestic software development
63120Web portals
70210Public relations and communications activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.7y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	12	1200

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-25
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accounts · AA
2025-02-25
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accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-07
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officers · CH01
2018-08-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-08-06
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officers · TM02
2018-08-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-02-26
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accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2017-06-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-03-01
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CRAIGIE, Angela resigned
secretary
2016-04-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2008-08-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-06-01
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DIXON, Timothy John Parker appointed
director
2008-06-01
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CRAIGIE, Angela resigned
director
2005-02-23
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CRAIGIE, Angela appointed
director
1997-07-15
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Company incorporated
As CRUCIAL VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
1997-07-15
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CRAIGIE, George Paul appointed
director
1997-07-15
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CRAIGIE, Angela appointed
secretary
1997-07-15
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-15
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Paul Craigie Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	50–75%	50–75%	sig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Timothy John Parker Dixon Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-07-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

Unit 17 City Quay

Camperdown Street

Dundee

DD1 3JA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-29

Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CRAIGIE, George Paul→

director · ~64y · appointed 1997-07-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DIXON, Timothy John Parker→

director · ~66y · appointed 2008-06-01

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Active

CRAIGIE, Angela→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-15 · resigned 2017-03-01

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-15 · resigned 1997-07-15

Resigned

CRAIGIE, Angela→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2008-06-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)	A registered charge	—	28/04/2016	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	26/08/2008	—

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Recent filings (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-26