CLAN DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC150673 · ltd · incorporated 1994-05-04

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

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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2024-08-22
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2022-08-30
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2021-08-20
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2020-12-31
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2019-08-22
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2018-02-20
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2017-06-01
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2016-05-05
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2016-02-16
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accounts · AA
2015-10-01
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2015-05-07
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-28
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accounts · AA
2014-05-06
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2010-01-14
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PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart resigned
secretary
2010-01-14
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PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart resigned
director
1994-05-04
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Company incorporated
As CLAN DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
1994-05-04
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COOPER, John Alfred appointed
director
1994-05-04
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PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart appointed
secretary
1994-05-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-05-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-05-04
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PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart appointed
director
1994-05-04
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-05-04
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Alfred Cooper Individual · British · DOB 01/1935 · age 91	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Derek John Andrew Cooper Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1994-05-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Seabegs Road

Bonnybridge

Stirlingshire

FK4 2BT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

COOPER, John Alfred→

director · ~91y · appointed 1994-05-04

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Active

PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart→

secretary · appointed 1994-05-04 · resigned 2010-01-14

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-05-04 · resigned 1994-05-04

Resigned

PAGANI, Raymond Urquhart→

director · ~81y · appointed 1994-05-04 · resigned 2010-01-14

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-05-04 · resigned 1994-05-04

Resigned

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