STONECRAFT EDINBURGH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC223186 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23700
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.5y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees343400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2018-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2011-11-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2011-09-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2004-05-31
    ➕
    GIBSON, David Alexander appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-05-31
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    GIBSON, Jacqueline Sarah resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-10-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2001-09-13
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    Company incorporated
    As STONECRAFT EDINBURGH LIMITED
  22. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    GIBSON, David Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    GIBSON, Douglas appointed
    director
  24. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    GIBSON, Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    MCBIRNIE, Iain Donaldson appointed
    director
  26. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    GIBSON, Jacqueline Sarah appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-09-13
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Douglas Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr David Alexander Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Michael Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Iain Donaldson Mcbirnie
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC23700 — SIC 23700

Registered office

3 Lower London Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5TL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

GIBSON, David Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-31
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Active
GIBSON, David Alexander→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-09-13
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Active
GIBSON, Douglas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-09-13
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Active
GIBSON, Michael→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-09-13
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Active
MCBIRNIE, Iain Donaldson→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-09-13
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Active
GIBSON, Jacqueline Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-13 · resigned 2004-05-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-13 · resigned 2001-09-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property15/09/2011—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/10/200118/11/2011
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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28