LOOKING TO RENT UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC385770 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-22
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£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
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-11
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  3. 2023-02-22
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  4. 2023-01-24
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    CRAWFORD, Walter appointed
    director
  5. 2023-01-24
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    MACNAIR, Pauline resigned
    director
  6. 2023-01-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-01-24
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-20
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  10. 2020-04-13
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  11. 2019-04-25
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  12. 2018-06-19
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  13. 2017-06-07
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  14. 2016-06-09
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  15. 2015-09-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-22
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2015-09-01
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    CRAWFORD, Josephine resigned
    secretary
  18. 2015-04-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2015-04-01
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    CRAWFORD, Warren Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2015-04-01
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    CRAWFORD, Walter resigned
    director
  21. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    MACNAIR, Pauline appointed
    director
  22. 2010-09-29
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Walter appointed
    director
  23. 2010-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As LOOKING TO RENT UK LTD
  24. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Josephine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2010-09-22
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2010-09-22
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  28. 2010-09-22
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Warren Edward Crawford
Individual · British · DOB 12/1984 · age 42
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-09-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

576 Alexandra Parade
Glasgow
G31 3BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CRAWFORD, Walter→
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAWFORD, Warren Edward→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAWFORD, Josephine→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2015-09-01
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2010-09-22
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Walter→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-09-29 · resigned 2015-04-01
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-09-22 · resigned 2010-09-22
Resigned
MACNAIR, Pauline→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2023-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
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accounts · AA
2025-04-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-23