CLEARVIEW CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC257968 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-21
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.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2023-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-02-24
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-03-18
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    document-replacement · RP04
  16. 2012-03-12
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    SEENAN, Elspeth Ann resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEARVIEW CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2003-10-21
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    SEENAN, Brian appointed
    director
  19. 2003-10-21
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    SEENAN, Elspeth Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-21
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-10-21
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2003-10-21
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2003-10-21
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Seenan
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47410 — Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

Registered office

1 Woodlands Road
Banchory
Aberdeenshire
AB31 5ZL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

SEENAN, Brian→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-10-21
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Active
SEENAN, Elspeth Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2012-03-12
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2003-10-21
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2003-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-17