CRAIGENDARROCH INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC337515 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-69.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
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 72). 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
49 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 £69,874
Net assets shrinking
Down £146,520 YoY
Cash YoY
+38%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£71k
↑ 38% YoY
Net Worth
-£70k
↓ 191% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£70k-£41k-£11k£18k£47k£77kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£71.5k£51.8k
Net assets£-69.9k£76.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-02-27
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2023-01-09
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  5. 2021-12-30
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  6. 2020-11-27
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  7. 2019-10-26
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  8. 2018-12-04
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  9. 2017-12-18
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  10. 2017-01-07
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  11. 2016-02-11
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  12. 2016-02-11
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  13. 2016-02-01
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    COOK, Stephen John resigned
    director
  14. 2015-12-30
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  15. 2015-04-03
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  16. 2015-02-19
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  17. 2015-02-01
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    COOK, Stephen John appointed
    director
  18. 2013-12-31
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    ADDISON, Maureen resigned
    director
  19. 2008-02-26
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    CLARK, James Anderson appointed
    director
  20. 2008-02-12
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    HOPE, Gordon Mcrae appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-02-12
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2008-02-12
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    ADDISON, Maureen appointed
    director
  23. 2008-02-12
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  24. 2008-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGENDARROCH INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  25. 2008-02-09
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    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2008-02-09
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    P & W DIRECTORS 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Anderson Clark
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

15 Earlspark Road
Bieldside
Aberdeen
AB15 9BZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HOPE, Gordon Mcrae→
secretary · appointed 2008-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, James Anderson→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-09 · resigned 2008-02-12
Resigned
ADDISON, Maureen→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-02-12 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
COOK, Stephen John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-02-01 · resigned 2016-02-01
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-02-09 · resigned 2008-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-11