CORPORATE RESPONSE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC383042 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-03

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-04
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2025-01-16
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2024-02-14
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2023-02-03
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2022-07-26
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2021-04-20
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2020-06-18
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2019-03-04
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2018-02-08
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2017-08-18
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2016-02-15
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2015-08-06
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2015-02-19
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2014-08-12
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2014-03-07
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2010-10-06
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ROBERTSON, David Stewart appointed
secretary
2010-10-06
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ROBERTSON, David Stewart appointed
director
2010-10-06
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-10-06
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BELL, Adrian Edward Robert resigned
director
2010-10-06
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2010-08-03
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Company incorporated
As CORPORATE RESPONSE LIMITED
2010-08-03
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MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-08-03
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BELL, Adrian Edward Robert appointed
director
2010-08-03
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MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Stewart Robertson Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	03/08/2016

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

Incorporated2010-08-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

1 Lauder Road

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH9 2EW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-17

Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROBERTSON, David Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2010-10-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROBERTSON, David Stewart→

director · ~66y · appointed 2010-10-06

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Active

MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2010-10-06

Resigned

BELL, Adrian Edward Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2010-10-06

Resigned

MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2010-08-03 · resigned 2010-10-06

Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-05