CAITHNESS CAR CLUB LIMITED

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SC089777 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1984-09-24

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

—

year to Oct 2023

Net worth

£29.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

63/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed leisure with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

48 officers (7 active, 48 linked, 33 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

162 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

63/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £29,130

Net assets shrinking

Down £661 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£29k

↓ 2.2% YoY

Current Assets

£30k

↓ 2.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2023-10-31	2022-10-31
Total assets	£29.1k	£29.8k
Current assets	£30.3k	£30.9k
Net assets	£29.1k	£29.8k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (98 events)Click to expand

2026-01-10
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2025-12-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-29
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accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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accounts · AA
2022-02-19
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officers · AP01
2022-02-19
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officers · AP01
2022-01-25
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MORRISON, Craig appointed
director
2022-01-25
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SUTHERLAND, Michael appointed
director
2021-08-18
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accounts · AA
2020-10-22
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2019-07-30
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2018-06-20
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2018-06-13
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officers · TM01
2018-06-13
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2018-01-29
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MORRISON, Stuart David appointed
director
2018-01-29
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BRAY, Leonard Michael resigned
director
2017-05-25
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accounts · AA
2017-04-03
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2017-04-03
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2017-04-03
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officers · TM01
2017-01-30
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DUNCAN, Sandy appointed
director
2017-01-30
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MACKENZIE, John appointed
director
2017-01-30
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HOSSACK, Walter resigned
director
2017-01-30
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MACKAY, Ian resigned
director
2015-02-26
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DUNCAN, Sandy appointed
secretary
2015-02-26
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HOSSACK, Walter resigned
secretary
2013-01-22
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BREMNER, Jennifer resigned
secretary
2013-01-22
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HUMPHRIES, Leonard resigned
director
2013-01-22
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LAMBIE, William Alexander resigned
director
2013-01-21
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HOSSACK, Walter appointed
secretary
2013-01-21
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HOSSACK, Walter appointed
director
2013-01-21
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MACKAY, Ian appointed
director
2010-10-01
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SMITH, Donald Alexander resigned
director
2010-02-08
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COGHILL, George appointed
director
2010-02-08
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BREMNER, Jennifer appointed
secretary
2010-02-08
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LAMBIE, William Alexander resigned
secretary
2010-02-08
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CLYNE, Jennifer resigned
director
2010-02-08
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SMITH, Donald Alexander appointed
director
2010-02-08
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SUTHERLAND, Andrew Mackay resigned
director
2009-01-26
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BREMNER, Graeme resigned
director
2009-01-26
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HUMPHRIES, Leonard appointed
director
2007-01-31
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CLYNE, Jennifer resigned
secretary
2007-01-31
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LAMBIE, William Alexander appointed
secretary
2007-01-31
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BRAY, Leonard Michael appointed
director
2007-01-31
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CAMPBELL, Michael resigned
director
2007-01-31
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CAMPBELL, Peter resigned
director
2007-01-31
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CLYNE, Jennifer appointed
director
2007-01-31
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MORRISON, Mark resigned
director
2006-01-30
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LAMBIE, William Alexander appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 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: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-08

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1984-09-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3-4 Market Place

Wick

Caithness

KW1 4LP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2025-10-31OVERDUE

Last made up to: 2023-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-02-08OVERDUE

Last: 2025-01-25