CLYDE VALLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC228661 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 92). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-11➖BROOKS, Margaret Prasher Shaw resigneddirector
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-12-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-27➖BROOKS, Hazel resignedsecretary
- 2024-11-27➖BROOKS, Hazel resigneddirector
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Firm of Greenside & Partners Thereof
- 2002-03-01🏢Company incorporatedAs CLYDE VALLEY HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2002-03-01➕BROOKS, Colin Henry appointeddirector
- 2002-03-01➕BROOKS, Hazel appointedsecretary
- 2002-03-01➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-03-01➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-03-01➕BROOKS, Hazel appointeddirector
- 2002-03-01➕BROOKS, Margaret Prasher Shaw appointeddirector
- 2002-03-01➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-03-01➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 92 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Colin Henry Brooks Individual · British · DOB 08/1934 · age 92 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Margaret Prasher Shaw Brooksceased 11/12/2025· significant influence
- Miss Hazel Brooksceased 27/11/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
68 Hamilton Park North
Hamilton
Lanarkshire
ML3 0FG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
BROOKS, Colin Henry→
Activedirector · ~92y · appointed 2002-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROOKS, Hazel→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-03-01 · resigned 2024-11-27
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-01 · resigned 2002-03-01
BROOKS, Hazel→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2002-03-01 · resigned 2024-11-27
BROOKS, Margaret Prasher Shaw→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 2002-03-01 · resigned 2025-12-11
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-01 · resigned 2002-03-01
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Firm of Greenside & Partners Thereof | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/10/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (69 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25