CLAIVER LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC293836 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-29
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees400400

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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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  2. 2026-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2026-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-08-04
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  6. 2025-07-23
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  7. 2025-07-21
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-07-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-03-19
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    MCMASTER, Alan resigned
    director
  10. 2024-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-24
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  12. 2023-02-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2021-07-22
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  15. 2020-08-17
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  16. 2019-08-02
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  17. 2018-08-29
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  18. 2007-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2005-11-29
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    Company incorporated
    As CLAIVER LIMITED
  20. 2005-11-29
    ➕
    GRAY, Janette appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-11-29
    ➕
    GRAY, Janette appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-29
    ➕
    MCMASTER, Alan appointed
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mrs Janette Kennedy Gray
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan Mcmasterceased 19/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-11-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 5 Gateway Business Park
Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8WX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GRAY, Janette→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-29
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Active
GRAY, Janette→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-11-29
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Active
MCMASTER, Alan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-11-29 · resigned 2025-03-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property09/03/2007—
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Recent filings (68 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-13