CRIMSON EDGE PR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC268844 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-07
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 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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

1 live charge · oldest 21.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-10-16
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    MCCOSH, Charles Andrew Knox resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-08-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-08-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2021-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2015-11-13
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    MCCOSH, Peter Bryce Knox appointed
    director
  19. 2015-11-13
    ➖
    MCCOSH, David Andrew Hesketh resigned
    secretary
  20. 2015-11-13
    ➕
    MCCOSH, Charles Andrew Knox appointed
    director
  21. 2015-11-13
    ➖
    MCCOSH, David Andrew Hesketh resigned
    director
  22. 2005-06-02
    ➖
    ABRAM, Henry Charles resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    MCCOSH, David Andrew Hesketh appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-04-18
    ➕
    MCCOSH, David Andrew Hesketh appointed
    director
  25. 2004-10-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Alex Lawrie Scotland
  26. 2004-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CRIMSON EDGE PR LIMITED
  27. 2004-06-07
    ➕
    MCCOSH, Susan Alexandra Marten appointed
    director
  28. 2004-06-07
    ➕
    ABRAM, Henry Charles appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-06-07
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-06-07
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mrs Susan Alexandra Marten Mccosh
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2004-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Huntfield House
Quothquan
Biggar
ML12 6NA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17
Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MCCOSH, Peter Bryce Knox→
director · ~37y · appointed 2015-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCOSH, Susan Alexandra Marten→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABRAM, Henry Charles→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-07 · resigned 2005-06-02
Resigned
MCCOSH, David Andrew Hesketh→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-02 · resigned 2015-11-13
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-07 · resigned 2004-06-07
Resigned
MCCOSH, Charles Andrew Knox→
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-11-13 · resigned 2025-10-16
Resigned
MCCOSH, David Andrew Hesketh→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-04-18 · resigned 2015-11-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited Trading as Alex Lawrie Scotland
Floating charge1 property28/10/2004—
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Recent filings (62 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19