CARCRAIG CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC716576 · ltd · incorporated 2021-12-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£11k£22k£34k£45k£56kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£49.1k
Current assets£56.2k
Net assets£49.1k
Average employees100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-05-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-05-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-12-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARCRAIG CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
  10. 2021-12-01
    RICHARDSON, Jack Scott appointed
    director
  11. 2021-12-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-06-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jack Scott Richardson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1994 · age 32
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/12/2021

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
Incorporated2021-12-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Torridon House
Torridon Lane
Rosyth
Fife
KY11 2EU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

RICHARDSON, Jack Scott
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-12-01
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-12-01