CRAWFORD TAXIS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC239898 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-20
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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 £1,515

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£303£606£909£1k£2kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£1.5k£1.5k
Net assets£1.5k£1.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-05
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-08-30
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  4. 2022-01-12
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  5. 2021-09-13
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  6. 2020-10-27
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  7. 2019-08-28
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  8. 2018-08-07
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  9. 2017-08-10
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  10. 2016-07-29
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  11. 2015-11-26
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  12. 2015-08-01
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  13. 2014-11-25
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  14. 2014-08-07
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  15. 2013-12-02
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  16. 2002-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CRAWFORD TAXIS LTD.
  17. 2002-11-20
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    CRAWFORD, Derek appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-11-20
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    CRAWFORD, Derek appointed
    director
  19. 2002-11-20
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    CRAWFORD, Janet Anderson appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-11-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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  22. 2002-11-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-11-20
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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  24. 2002-11-20
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-11-20
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CRAWFORD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr Derek Crawford
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares18/11/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

64 Caroline Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 8QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CRAWFORD, Derek→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-20
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Active
CRAWFORD, Derek→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-20
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Active
CRAWFORD, Janet Anderson→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-11-20
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Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-20 · resigned 2002-11-20
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-20 · resigned 2002-11-20
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-20 · resigned 2002-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
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accounts · AA
2025-08-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
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2020-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06
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accounts · AA
2019-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-22