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.

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

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£1.9k

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 19.3y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,912

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

Current Assets

£71k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£24.1k	—	—
Current assets	£71.2k	—	—
Net assets	£1.9k	—	—
Average employees	—	400	400

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-18
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-21
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-19
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MCMASTER, Alan resigned
director
2024-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2007-03-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-11-29
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Company incorporated
As CLAIVER LIMITED
2005-11-29
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GRAY, Janette appointed
secretary
2005-11-29
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GRAY, Janette appointed
director
2005-11-29
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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 21 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Janette Kennedy Gray Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

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

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	09/03/2007	—

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-17

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