CLYDESOFT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC142188 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-13.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,718
Cash YoY
+28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£271
↑ 28% YoY
Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 4.7% YoY
Current Assets
£500
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k-£11k-£8k-£5k-£2k£677Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-13.7k£-13.1k
Current assets£500£677
Cash£271£211
Debtors£229£466
Net assets£-13.7k£-13.1k

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

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-20
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    address · AD01
  11. 2016-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-01
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  13. 2015-12-24
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-01-22
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    address · AD01
  15. 2015-01-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1993-01-29
    ➕
    GALBRAITH, Fiona Martha appointed
    secretary
  17. 1993-01-29
    ➕
    GALBRAITH, Christopher appointed
    director
  18. 1993-01-29
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  19. 1993-01-29
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  20. 1993-01-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CLYDESOFT LIMITED
  21. 1993-01-20
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1993-01-20
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Galbraith
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—board control25-50% shares · board control · firm interest20/01/2017
Mrs Fiona Martha Galbraith
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest20/01/2017

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
Incorporated1993-01-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

Tigh Na Greine Croig
Dervaig
Isle Of Mull
Argyll
PA75 6QS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GALBRAITH, Fiona Martha→
secretary · appointed 1993-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALBRAITH, Christopher→
director · ~66y · appointed 1993-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-01-20 · resigned 1993-01-29
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1993-01-20 · resigned 1993-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

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2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-24