CLACKS FIRST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC344868 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-06-24

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (9 active, 30 linked, 29 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (71 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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2024-08-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-11-03
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JACK, Julie resigned
director
2023-11-03
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officers · TM01
2023-10-23
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officers · TM01
2023-10-20
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SHARPE, Neil Stuart resigned
director
2023-10-12
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ERTEKIN, Hasan Sinasi appointed
director
2023-10-12
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GORMAN, Maggie Spence appointed
director
2023-10-12
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officers · AP01
2023-10-12
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2023-10-12
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officers · CH01
2023-09-11
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officers · AP01
2023-08-31
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CHAMBERS, Fiona appointed
director
2023-08-17
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SHARPE, Neil Stuart appointed
director
2023-08-17
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officers · AP01
2022-12-07
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accounts · AA
2022-02-04
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2022-02-01
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JACK, Julie appointed
director
2022-02-01
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officers · TM01
2022-01-31
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HODSON, Carl Thomas resigned
director
2021-11-03
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accounts · AA
2021-10-31
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officers · CH01
2021-08-19
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2021-08-18
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HODSON, Carl Thomas appointed
director
2021-04-14
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2021-04-14
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2021-04-11
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WILSON, Gary Henry resigned
director
2021-04-08
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2021-04-07
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DAVIDSON, Alison appointed
director
2021-04-07
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FRANKLYN, Stephen resigned
director
2019-11-19
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HAMILTON, Juliet Patricia resigned
director
2019-03-13
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MARLIN, William Derek appointed
director
2019-03-13
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RAFFERTY, Margaret Mary resigned
director
2019-03-13
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WILSON, Gary Henry appointed
director
2018-04-25
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MOODIE, Douglas John appointed
director
2017-11-14
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DOCHERTY, Pauline resigned
director
2017-03-31
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SHARPE, Neil Stuart resigned
director
2016-04-21
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LYNCH, Colin John resigned
director
2015-08-27
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MARSHALL, Robert resigned
director
2014-09-11
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STRUTHERS, Graham Christie resigned
director
2014-03-05
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MACSWEEN, Jamie Martin resigned
director
2013-07-24
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SMYKALA, John Robert resigned
director
2013-06-12
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MACLEOD, Calum Smith appointed
director
2013-06-12
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DOCHERTY, Pauline appointed
director
2013-06-12
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FRANKLYN, Stephen appointed
director
2013-06-12
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RAFFERTY, Margaret Mary appointed
director
2013-06-12
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SMYKALA, John Robert appointed
director
2013-05-01
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MCCALLUM, Barbara Violet resigned
director
2013-05-01
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OGILVIE, Angela Russell resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2008-06-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

The Old Brewery Building

20 East Vennel

Alloa

Clackmannanshire

FK10 1ED

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12