CAPRI-1891 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC810634 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-15
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Bankability: 65 → 70
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Bankability: 6570
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
  • 47820SIC 47820
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-17
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2024-10-17
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-10-16
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAPRI-1891 LIMITED
  6. 2024-05-15
    CONNOLLY, Charles Shields appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Mcilroys Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
🏛️
Mac-Con Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
CAPRI-1891 LIMITED
This company · SC810634

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mcilroys Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/10/2024
Mac-Con Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Charles Shields Connollyceased 16/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190

Registered office

Unit 34 Coatbridge Business Centre
204 Main Street
Coatbridge
ML5 3RB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CONNOLLY, Charles Shields
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-05-15
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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-15