COLLABORATIVE EXPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC566406 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2017-05-19
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
24 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-20
    ➖
    COX, Susan Margaret resigned
    director
  3. 2026-01-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-04-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-01-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-10
    ➖
    BUSH, Mark Kenneth John resigned
    director
  13. 2020-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-12-19
    ➖
    CAMERON, Ruairidh Alasdair Iain resigned
    director
  17. 2017-08-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-08-01
    ➕
    COX, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  19. 2017-05-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COLLABORATIVE EXPORT SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  20. 2017-05-19
    ➕
    DOBSON, Alastair Mathew appointed
    director
  21. 2017-05-19
    ➕
    FAIRCLIFF, Samantha Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2017-05-19
    ➕
    BUSH, Mark Kenneth John appointed
    director
  23. 2017-05-19
    ➕
    CAMERON, Ruairidh Alasdair Iain appointed
    director
  24. 2017-05-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2017-05-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Home Farm
Brodick
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8DD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DOBSON, Alastair Mathew→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FAIRCLIFF, Samantha Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUSH, Mark Kenneth John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-05-19 · resigned 2020-07-10
Resigned
CAMERON, Ruairidh Alasdair Iain→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-05-19 · resigned 2017-12-19
Resigned
COX, Susan Margaret→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-08-01 · resigned 2026-03-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04