CLAIRE ENDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC206589 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-26

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

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (77/100)

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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-27
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2025-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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accounts · AA
2022-08-10
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accounts · AA
2021-09-17
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accounts · AA
2020-09-14
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accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-07-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-05-17
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-30
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accounts · AA
2015-05-06
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annual-return · AR01
2004-12-01
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-11-30
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THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2000-07-03
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ENDERS, Claire Whitmore appointed
director
2000-07-03
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
nominee-director
2000-04-26
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Company incorporated
As CLAIRE ENDERS LIMITED
2000-04-26
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THORNTONS WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-04-26
➕
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
nominee-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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ENDERS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Claire Whitmore Enders Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-04-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ENDERS, Claire Whitmore→

director · ~68y · appointed 2000-07-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THORNTONS LAW LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2025-11-27

Resigned

THORNTONS WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→

nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-07-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-14

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-12-01