CRAN PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC557622 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-15
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£46.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £46,262
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£46k
Current Assets
£47k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £47.6k | — |
| Current assets | £47.2k | — |
| Net assets | £46.3k | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-26📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-06-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-01➕LEITCH, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2022-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-28📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2022-02-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs CRAN PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
- 2017-02-15➕TOWNSLEY, Chris appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Chris Townsley Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 15/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-02-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
3 Beech Avenue
Inverness
IV2 4NN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
LEITCH, Kevin→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2023-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TOWNSLEY, Chris→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2017-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-26
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-06-28