CAITHNESS INVESTORS LTD

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SC383490 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-11
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£317.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £317,513
Cash YoY
+1401%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↑ 1401% YoY
Net Worth
£318k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
↑ 756% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£64k£127k£191k£254k£318kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£324.9k£305.2k
Current assets£35.6k£4.2k
Cash£11.7k£781
Debtors£23.9k£3.4k
Net assets£317.5k£297.7k

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

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-11-20
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  3. 2023-08-11
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  4. 2022-12-11
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  5. 2021-09-26
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  6. 2020-08-14
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  7. 2019-12-13
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  8. 2018-11-25
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  9. 2017-08-14
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  10. 2017-07-28
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  11. 2016-11-06
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  12. 2015-10-14
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  13. 2015-08-27
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    BODY, Karen Jane appointed
    director
  14. 2015-08-27
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  15. 2015-08-27
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  17. 2015-07-04
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    BODY, Ian Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2010-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As CAITHNESS INVESTORS LTD
  19. 2010-08-11
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    BODY, Peter John appointed
    director
  20. 2010-08-11
    ➕
    BODY, Ian Robert 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Karen Jane Body
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/08/2017
Mr Peter John Body
Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/08/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Braemara
Scarfskerry
Thurso
Caithness
KW14 8XW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BODY, Karen Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BODY, Peter John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-08-11
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Active
BODY, Ian Robert→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-11 · resigned 2015-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

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2025-09-26
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2025-08-20
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2024-11-20
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2024-08-22
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2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-12-11
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2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2021-09-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
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2020-08-20
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2020-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2019-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12
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2018-11-25