CLUNY ACTIVITIES TRADING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC477975 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
38 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.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees14001500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-05-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2024-05-10
    ➕
    SHEDDEN, Andrew Cuthbertson appointed
    director
  9. 2024-05-10
    ➕
    SHEDDEN, Helen, Mrs. appointed
    director
  10. 2024-05-10
    ➖
    SHEDDEN, Helen resigned
    secretary
  11. 2024-05-10
    ➖
    SHEDDEN, Andrew Cuthbertson resigned
    director
  12. 2024-05-10
    ➖
    SHEDDEN, Helen resigned
    director
  13. 2024-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  18. 2020-10-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2019-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-08-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2018-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-07-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2017-07-17
    ➖
    MULLEN, Laura resigned
    director
  24. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    SHEDDEN, Helen appointed
    director
  25. 2014-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CLUNY ACTIVITIES TRADING LTD
  26. 2014-05-20
    ➕
    SHEDDEN, Helen appointed
    secretary
  27. 2014-05-20
    ➕
    MULLEN, Laura appointed
    director
  28. 2014-05-20
    ➕
    SHEDDEN, Andrew Cuthbertson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

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

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Cluny Activities Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CLUNY ACTIVITIES TRADING LTD
This company · SC477975

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
Cluny Activities Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/10/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Cuthbertson Sheddenceased 30/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated2014-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Cluny Activities
Cluny Activities
Cluny
Fife
KY2 6QU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SHEDDEN, Andrew Cuthbertson→
director · ~74y · appointed 2024-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHEDDEN, Helen, Mrs.→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHEDDEN, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-20 · resigned 2024-05-10
Resigned
MULLEN, Laura→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-05-20 · resigned 2017-07-17
Resigned
SHEDDEN, Andrew Cuthbertson→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-05-20 · resigned 2024-05-10
Resigned
SHEDDEN, Helen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-08-01 · resigned 2024-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20