CRUCIBLE (TORRANCE PARK) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC646334 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-06
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 4 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 50
  • · Bankability: 75 → 55
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 71 → 61
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 4 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • Deal-killer verdict: cleancomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 7161
  • Hygiene score: 9050
  • Bankability: 7555
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoidspeculative
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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 employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-08
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2022-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2019-11-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRUCIBLE (TORRANCE PARK) LIMITED
  9. 2019-11-06
    ROBINSON, Brian appointed
    secretary
  10. 2019-11-06
    ROBINSON, Brian Derek appointed
    director
  11. 2019-11-06
    SMART, Michael appointed
    director
  12. 2019-11-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-30

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Derek Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/11/2019
Mr Michael Smart
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/11/2019

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
Incorporated2019-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2nd Floor 2 Miller Road
Ayr
KA7 2AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ROBINSON, Brian
secretary · appointed 2019-11-06
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Active
ROBINSON, Brian Derek
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-11-06
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Active
SMART, Michael
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-11-06
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-11-06