CURLEW STUDENT INCENTIVE LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC464558 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-26
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
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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, 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
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
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1£1
Debtors£14£14
Net assets£1£1

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2024-09-18
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-09-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-09-04
    ROBINSON, Brett Leigh resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-09-04
    ROBINSON, Brett Leigh resigned
    director
  7. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-22
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  9. 2021-12-06
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  10. 2021-03-18
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-03-18
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  12. 2021-03-18
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-24
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-01-11
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2019-01-02
    WATKIN JONES, Mark resigned
    director
  18. 2018-12-13
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  19. 2017-12-29
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  20. 2017-11-28
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    officers · CH01
  21. 2013-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As CURLEW STUDENT INCENTIVE LTD.
  22. 2013-11-26
    OLIVER, Paul Francis appointed
    director
  23. 2013-11-26
    ROBINSON, Brett Leigh appointed
    secretary
  24. 2013-11-26
    ROBINSON, Brett Leigh appointed
    director
  25. 2013-11-26
    WATKIN JONES, Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 71 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 12 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.)

Group structure

Curlew Capital Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Curlew Capital Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CURLEW STUDENT INCENTIVE LTD.
This company · SC464558

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Curlew Capital Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

C/O Haines Watts Q Court
3 Quality Street
Edinburgh
EH4 5BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

OLIVER, Paul Francis
director · ~71y · appointed 2013-11-26
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Active
ROBINSON, Brett Leigh
secretary · appointed 2013-11-26 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
ROBINSON, Brett Leigh
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-11-26 · resigned 2024-09-04
Resigned
WATKIN JONES, Mark
director · ~57y · appointed 2013-11-26 · resigned 2019-01-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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2025-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-18