CORSTORPHINE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC492644 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-03

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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: high (87/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

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	2025-10-30	2024-10-30	2023-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-02
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HARDY, Charles Fotheringham appointed
director
2025-12-02
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HARDY, Darrell resigned
director
2025-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-12-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-06-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2014-12-03
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Company incorporated
As CORSTORPHINE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
2014-12-03
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HARDY, Darrell appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Corstorphine Building Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Corstorphine Building Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CORSTORPHINE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

This company · SC492644

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Corstorphine Building Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-12-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

60 Constitution Street Leith

Edinburgh

Lothian

EH6 6RR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HARDY, Charles Fotheringham→

director · ~70y · appointed 2025-12-02

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Active

HARDY, Darrell→

director · ~44y · appointed 2014-12-03 · resigned 2025-12-02

Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-06-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-08

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

officers · TM01

2025-12-04

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-06-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-02-25

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-02-25

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-02-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-04-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-06-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-04-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-03