CASPIAN SUPPORT SOLUTIONS SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC222664 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-30
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (68/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2024-08-31
Average employees20500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-12-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-12-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-05-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-05-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-05-02
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-05-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-12-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-10-18
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-03-30
    ➖
    LYN, Howard O'Neil resigned
    director
  19. 2007-12-21
    ➖
    CHURCHMAN, Dave Kyern resigned
    director
  20. 2006-07-01
    ➕
    PARKAR, Ishphak appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-07-01
    ➖
    GOODCHILD, Steven resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-08-30
    ➕
    GOODCHILD, Steven appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-08-30
    ➖
    LEDINGHAM CHALMERS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-09-29
    ➕
    GOODCHILD, Steven appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-29
    ➕
    CHURCHMAN, Dave Kyern appointed
    director
  26. 2001-09-29
    ➕
    LYN, Howard O'Neil appointed
    director
  27. 2001-09-29
    ➖
    DURANO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2001-08-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CASPIAN SUPPORT SOLUTIONS SERVICES LTD
  29. 2001-08-30
    ➕
    LEDINGHAM CHALMERS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-08-30
    ➕
    DURANO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Goodchild
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/11/2025
Mr Howard Lyn
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/10/2019
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Svetlana Goodchildceased 18/11/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Steven Goodchildceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Rustam Mammadovceased 29/10/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2001-08-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

PARKAR, Ishphak→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODCHILD, Steven→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODCHILD, Steven→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-30 · resigned 2006-07-01
Resigned
LEDINGHAM CHALMERS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2005-08-30
Resigned
CHURCHMAN, Dave Kyern→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-09-29 · resigned 2007-12-21
Resigned
LYN, Howard O'Neil→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-09-29 · resigned 2015-03-30
Resigned
DURANO LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2001-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-27