CROSSAXLE DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC318498 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-14

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-5.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other engineering activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £5,143

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£5k

↓ 195% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-5.1k	£-1.7k
Current assets	£10.9k	£9.7k
Net assets	£-5.1k	£-1.7k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-09-12
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2024-08-28
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2023-12-11
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2022-10-28
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2021-06-11
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2020-05-18
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2019-06-03
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2018-05-28
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2017-06-15
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2016-05-31
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accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-24
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2015-06-26
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2015-03-31
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-23
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capital · SH10
2010-06-08
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ANDERSON, Dawn Annette appointed
director
2010-06-08
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ANDERSON, Chris William resigned
director
2009-05-08
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ANDERSON, Carl Ian resigned
director
2009-05-08
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ANDERSON, Chris William appointed
director
2007-03-14
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Company incorporated
As CROSSAXLE DESIGN LIMITED
2007-03-14
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ANDERSON, Ian Robert appointed
secretary
2007-03-14
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ANDERSON, Ian Robert appointed
director
2007-03-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-03-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2007-03-14
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ANDERSON, Carl Ian appointed
director
2007-03-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2007-03-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mr Ian Robert Anderson Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/03/2017
Mrs Dawn Annette Anderson Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/03/2017

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-03-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

12 Wellgrove Crescent

Westhill

Aberdeenshire

AB32 6TH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ANDERSON, Ian Robert→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-14

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Active

ANDERSON, Dawn Annette→

director · ~59y · appointed 2010-06-08

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Active

ANDERSON, Ian Robert→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-03-14

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2007-03-14

Resigned

ANDERSON, Carl Ian→

director · ~40y · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2009-05-08

Resigned

ANDERSON, Chris William→

director · ~36y · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2010-06-08

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2007-03-14

Resigned

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