CHARLOTTE SQUARE MANAGERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC585220 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-09
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-01-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-08
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Linda Neil appointed
    secretary
  12. 2018-03-08
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Linda Neil appointed
    director
  13. 2018-03-08
    ➕
    FORSYTH, William Ferguson appointed
    director
  14. 2018-03-08
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Keith Thomas resigned
    director
  15. 2018-03-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2018-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-03-08
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2018-03-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-03-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-03-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2018-03-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  22. 2018-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CHARLOTTE SQUARE MANAGERS LIMITED
  23. 2018-01-09
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Keith Thomas appointed
    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 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Ferguson Forsyth
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
——sig. influencesignificant influence25/01/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Cs Managers Ltdceased 25/01/2023· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Keith Thomas Andersonceased 08/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated2018-01-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Level 4,9 Haymarket Square
Edinburgh
EH3 8RY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FORSYTH, Linda Neil→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-08
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Active
FORSYTH, Linda Neil→
director · ~75y · appointed 2018-03-08
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Active
FORSYTH, William Ferguson→
director · ~77y · appointed 2018-03-08
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Active
ANDERSON, Keith Thomas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-01-09 · resigned 2018-03-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-10