CANMORE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £52.6k | £52.9k |
| Current assets | £57.7k | £54.7k |
| Net assets | £52.6k | £49.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- 2025-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
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- 2020-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-25📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-02-21➖COOPER, Alison Mary resignedsecretary
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
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- 2015-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2007-10-05🏢Company incorporatedAs CANMORE BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- 2007-10-05➕COOPER, Rory Henderson Dodds appointeddirector
- 2007-10-05➕COOPER, Alison Mary appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Rory Henderson Dodds Cooper Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 05/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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