CRANACHAN PUBLISHING LIMITED
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £29.1k | £26.0k |
| Current assets | £31.3k | £28.8k |
| Net assets | £29.1k | £26.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-12-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-12-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-04-01➖MACKINVEN, Helen resigneddirector
- 2016-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-12-01➕MACKINVEN, Helen appointeddirector
- 2015-12-07🏢Company incorporatedAs CRANACHAN PUBLISHING LIMITED
- 2015-12-07➕GLENNIE, Anne Frances appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Anne Frances Glennie Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Helen Mackinvenceased 01/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Anne Frances Glennieceased 06/04/2016· 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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