CLAIRE ENDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC206589 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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: 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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 (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-27
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2025-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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accounts · AA
2022-08-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
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accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-07-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-05-17
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-05-06
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annual-return · AR01
2004-12-01
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-11-30
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THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2000-07-03
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ENDERS, Claire Whitmore appointed
director
2000-07-03
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
nominee-director
2000-04-26
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Company incorporated
As CLAIRE ENDERS LIMITED
2000-04-26
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THORNTONS WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-04-26
➕
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson 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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ENDERS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Claire Whitmore Enders Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	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

Incorporated2000-04-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-27

Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ENDERS, Claire Whitmore→

director · ~68y · appointed 2000-07-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

THORNTONS LAW LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2025-11-27

Resigned

THORNTONS WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→

nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-07-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-14

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-12-01