CENTRE FOR CUSTOMER AWARENESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC287018 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-04
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-42.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
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 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
47 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £42,542

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£43k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 144% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£52k-£39k-£27k-£14k-£2k£11kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-41.8k£-50.4k
Current assets£10.7k£4.4k
Net assets£-42.5k£-51.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-05
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-09-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As CENTRE FOR CUSTOMER AWARENESS LIMITED
  17. 2005-07-04
    ➕
    GALLAGHER, Marie Clare appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-07-04
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    GALLAGHER, Dennis Patrick appointed
    director
  19. 2005-07-04
    ➕
    GALLAGHER, Marie Clare appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dennis Patrick Gallagher
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Marie Clare Gallagher
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2005-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

7 7 The Fairways
Magnolia Lane
Strathaven
ML10 6QX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GALLAGHER, Marie Clare→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-04
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Active
GALLAGHER, Dennis Patrick→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-07-04
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Active
GALLAGHER, Marie Clare→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-07-04
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Active

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-14