CLEAN AND FRESH DEESIDE LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC761105 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-06
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 81222Specialised cleaning services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-27➕HOSIE, Scott Alexander appointeddirector
- 2024-12-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-03-22✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-03-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-10➕HOSIE, Ian Scott appointeddirector
- 2024-03-10➖HOSIE, Scott resigneddirector
- 2023-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs CLEAN AND FRESH DEESIDE LTD
- 2023-03-06➕HOSIE, Scott appointeddirector
- 2023-03-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Ian Scott Hosie Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 07/09/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Scott Hosieceased 07/09/2024· 25-50% shares · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-03-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
25 Inchbrae Terrace Inchbrae Terrace
Aberdeen
AB10 7AN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
HOSIE, Ian Scott→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2024-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOSIE, Scott Alexander→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOSIE, Scott→
Resigneddirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-03-06 · resigned 2024-03-10
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Recent filings (14 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-06