CORE CITI EDINBURGH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC715127 · ltd · incorporated 2021-11-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£50
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £50
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£50
Current Assets
£50
Current Liabilities
£0£10£20£30£40£50Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£50
Current assets£50
Net assets£50

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-11-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-11-28
    MOFFAT, Andrew Grant Hunter resigned
    director
  6. 2024-10-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-10-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-09-30
    LUKAS, Kirsty Lorne resigned
    director
  9. 2024-09-30
    MOFFAT, Andrew Grant Hunter appointed
    director
  10. 2024-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-11-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CORE CITI EDINBURGH LIMITED
  14. 2021-11-16
    KEANE, Robert appointed
    director
  15. 2021-11-16
    LUKAS, Kirsty Lorne appointed
    director
  16. 2021-11-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Robert Keane
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/11/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Hunter Living Limitedceased 28/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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10 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-11-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

19 Adelphi
Aberdeen
AB11 5BL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

KEANE, Robert
director · ~70y · appointed 2021-11-16
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Active
LUKAS, Kirsty Lorne
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-11-16 · resigned 2024-09-30
Resigned
MOFFAT, Andrew Grant Hunter
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-09-30 · resigned 2024-11-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-01-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-11-16