CAULDHAME LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC266350 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-13

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£57

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (79/100)

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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £57

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£487

~ YoY

Net Worth

£57

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£57	£57
Cash	£487	£487
Net assets	£57	£57

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-06
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-06
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2005-06-08
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FARRIES, KIRK & MCVEAN, Messrs appointed
secretary
2005-06-08
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TURCAN CONNELL WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-04-29
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DALRYMPLE, David Hew appointed
director
2004-04-29
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BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-29
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TURCAN CONNELL WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-04-29
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BLP CREATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-29
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BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-13
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Company incorporated
As CAULDHAME LIMITED
2004-04-13
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BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-04-13
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BLP CREATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-04-13
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BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
The Hon David Hew Dalrymple Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-04-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Farries, Kirk & Mcvean

Dumfries Enterprise Park

Heathhall

Dunfries

DG1 3SJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-26

Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

FARRIES, KIRK & MCVEAN, Messrs→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-08

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Active

DALRYMPLE, David Hew→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-04-29

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Active

BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-13 · resigned 2004-04-29

Resigned

TURCAN CONNELL WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-04-29 · resigned 2005-06-08

Resigned

BLP CREATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-13 · resigned 2004-04-29

Resigned

BLP FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-13 · resigned 2004-04-29

Resigned

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