CARA LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC216269 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-01
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-175
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £175

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£175
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£175-£175-£175-£175-£175-£175Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-175£-175
Net assets£-175£-175

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-03-19
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-03-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2021-03-19
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  10. 2021-03-19
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  11. 2020-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2001-03-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CARA LTD
  17. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    STANNETT, Alan Edward appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    STANNETT, Alan Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    STANNETT, Sharon Jill appointed
    director
  20. 2001-03-01
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-03-01
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-03-01
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-03-01
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-03-01
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-03-01
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Edward Stannett
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sharon Jill Stannett
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-03-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Farries Kirk & Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park
Heathhall
Dumfries
Dumfriesshire
DG1 3SJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

STANNETT, Alan Edward→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANNETT, Alan Edward→
director · ~77y · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANNETT, Sharon Jill→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2001-03-01
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2001-03-01
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-01 · resigned 2001-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-03-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-19