TBL ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC234300 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£106.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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 £106,476
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,085 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£106k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Assets
£166k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£59k£119k£178k£238k£297kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£108.7k£115.8k
Current assets£166.1k£296.9k
Net assets£106.5k£113.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As TBL ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  17. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    CRANE, Oliver James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    CRANE, Marie Laure appointed
    director
  19. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    CRANE, Oliver James appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-18
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-07-18
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-07-18
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-07-18
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-07-18
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-07-18
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 65. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Oliver James Crane
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Marie Laure Crane
Individual · French · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 Atholl Crescent
Perth
PH1 5JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CRANE, Oliver James→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-18
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Active
CRANE, Marie Laure→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-07-18
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Active
CRANE, Oliver James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-07-18
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2002-07-18
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2002-07-18
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2002-07-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-19