HOUSE OF CALEDONIA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC450397 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-21

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£-68.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (80/100)

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

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

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £68,847

Net assets shrinking

Down £122,729 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£69k

↓ 228% YoY

Current Assets

£182k

↑ 74% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£135.4k	£41.0k
Current assets	£182.2k	£104.6k
Net assets	£-68.8k	£53.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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2025-05-29
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2024-04-20
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accounts · AA
2023-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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gazette · DISS40
2020-11-07
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2020-11-02
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address · AD01
2020-10-20
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gazette · GAZ1
2019-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2015-10-23
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WATSON, Gavin Kenneth resigned
director
2015-07-23
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WATSON, Gavin Kenneth appointed
director
2013-07-26
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MENZIES, Hamish appointed
director
2013-07-26
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FLINT, David resigned
director
2013-05-21
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Company incorporated
As HOUSE OF CALEDONIA LIMITED
2013-05-21
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FLINT, David appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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
Mr Hamish Menzies Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	21/07/2017

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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-05-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

83 Cadzow Street

Hamilton

Lanarkshire

ML3 6DY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-18

Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MENZIES, Hamish→

director · ~58y · appointed 2013-07-26

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FLINT, David→

director · ~71y · appointed 2013-05-21 · resigned 2013-07-26

Resigned

WATSON, Gavin Kenneth→

director · ~57y · appointed 2015-07-23 · resigned 2015-10-23

Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-15

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2021-07-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-30

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2021-06-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-01-26

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2020-12-23