CLANAVEN LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC648616 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-02

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£12

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

13 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 £12

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12

~ YoY

Current Assets

£12

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£12	£12
Current assets	£12	£12
Net assets	£12	£12

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
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2025-01-02
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2019-12-02
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Company incorporated
As CLANAVEN LIMITED
2019-12-02
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DUNLOP, Callum appointed
director
2019-12-02
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DUNLOP, Julie appointed
director
2019-12-02
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Callum Dunlop Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	02/12/2019
Mrs Julie Dunlop Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	02/12/2019

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

Incorporated2019-12-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

90 Galston Road

Hurlford

Kilmarnock

KA1 5JB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DUNLOP, Callum→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-12-02

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DUNLOP, Julie→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-12-02

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