CLUARAN LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC167030 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-6.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -98% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,654
Very low cash
Cash position: £73
Cash draining
Cash down 98% YoY
Cash YoY
-98%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£73
↓ 98% YoY
Net Worth
-£7k
↓ 109% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.3k | £10.9k |
| Current assets | £4.2k | £12.3k |
| Cash | £73 | £3.9k |
| Debtors | £4.1k | £8.4k |
| Net assets | £-6.7k | £-3.2k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1996-09-02➕MCNAIRN, Dorothy Elaine appointedsecretary
- 1996-09-02➕MCNAIRN, David appointeddirector
- 1996-09-02➕MCNAIRN, Dorothy Elaine appointeddirector
- 1996-09-02➖KEITH, John Leonard resignedsecretary
- 1996-09-02➖PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 1996-07-15🏢Company incorporatedAs CLUARAN LIMITED
- 1996-07-15➕KEITH, John Leonard appointedsecretary
- 1996-07-15➕PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Mcnairn Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 26/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-07-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Cluaran House Mains Of Hedderwick
Hillside
Montrose
Angus
DD10 9EF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MCNAIRN, Dorothy Elaine→
Activesecretary · appointed 1996-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCNAIRN, David→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1996-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCNAIRN, Dorothy Elaine→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1996-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KEITH, John Leonard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-07-15 · resigned 1996-09-02
PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 1996-07-15 · resigned 1996-09-02
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Recent filings (74 total)
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2025-07-28
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2024-12-23
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2024-08-28
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2023-12-22
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2023-08-14
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2022-11-29
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2022-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2021-12-30
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2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2021-01-12
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2020-07-15
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2019-12-09
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2019-07-31
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2018-12-12