CINECOSSE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC245225 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-06

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

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

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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 · oldest 23.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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

3 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	2026-03-31	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
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MOWAT, Lisa resigned
director
2026-02-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2007-01-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-06-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-03-06
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Company incorporated
As CINECOSSE LIMITED
2003-03-06
➕
MOWAT, Graeme William appointed
secretary
2003-03-06
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MOWAT, Graeme William appointed
director
2003-03-06
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-06
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-06
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MOWAT, Lisa appointed
director

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lisa Mowat Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/04/2020
Mr Graeme William Mowat Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/03/2017

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-03-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

Lethenty Mill

Inverurie

Aberdeenshire

AB51 0HQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MOWAT, Graeme William→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-06

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Active

MOWAT, Graeme William→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-03-06

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2003-03-06

Resigned

MOWAT, Lisa→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2026-02-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	05/01/2007	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	19/06/2003	—

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-27

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-02-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-02-21

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2023-01-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-07