NUCLEATE B LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC370232 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-16
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 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: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46750SIC 46750
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
49 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 employees200400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-14
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  2. 2025-08-08
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  3. 2025-03-31
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    BRITLAND, James Martin, Mr. resigned
    director
  4. 2025-03-31
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    DEAYTON, Alan Lees, Mr. resigned
    director
  5. 2025-03-31
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-03-31
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  7. 2024-09-11
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  8. 2023-10-06
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  9. 2023-01-04
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    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-12-19
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  11. 2022-11-07
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  12. 2021-11-05
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  13. 2020-11-25
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  14. 2019-11-28
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  15. 2018-11-08
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  16. 2017-12-11
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  17. 2016-11-17
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2016-11-15
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    BRITLAND, James Martin, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2014-10-30
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    DEAYTON, Alan Lees, Mr. appointed
    director
  20. 2014-05-26
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    WILSON, Robert, Mr. resigned
    director
  21. 2010-01-06
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    WILSON, Robert, Mr. appointed
    director
  22. 2009-12-24
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    JEFFREY, Andrew David appointed
    director
  23. 2009-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As NUCLEATE B LTD.
  24. 2009-12-16
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  25. 2009-12-16
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  26. 2009-12-16
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    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  27. 2009-12-16
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  28. 2009-12-16
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  29. 2009-12-16
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Andrew David Jeffrey
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590

Registered office

57/59 High Street
Dunblane
Perthshire
FK15 0EE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

JEFFREY, Andrew David→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2009-12-16 · resigned 2009-12-16
Resigned
BRITLAND, James Martin, Mr.→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-11-15 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
DEAYTON, Alan Lees, Mr.→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-10-30 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-12-16 · resigned 2009-12-16
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-12-16 · resigned 2009-12-16
Resigned
WILSON, Robert, Mr.→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-01-06 · resigned 2014-05-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05