EURO CADABRA LTD

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SC388369 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-08
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Gambling and betting activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees100100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2016-12-31
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    MAIN, John resigned
    director
  14. 2015-11-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-11-09
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    MAIN, John appointed
    director
  18. 2011-11-09
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    WHILLOCK, George William resigned
    director
  19. 2010-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As EURO CADABRA LTD
  20. 2010-11-08
    ➕
    WHILLOCK, Eleanor appointed
    director
  21. 2010-11-08
    ➕
    WHILLOCK, George William appointed
    director
  22. 2010-11-08
    ➕
    WHITE, William appointed
    nominee-director
  23. 2010-11-08
    ➖
    WHITE, William resigned
    nominee-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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Eleanor Whillock
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC92000 — Gambling and betting activities

Registered office

69 Killermont Road
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 2NQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WHILLOCK, Eleanor→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-11-08
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Active
MAIN, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-11-09 · resigned 2016-12-31
Resigned
WHILLOCK, George William→
director · ~80y · appointed 2010-11-08 · resigned 2011-11-09
Resigned
WHITE, William→
nominee-director · ~77y · appointed 2010-11-08 · resigned 2010-11-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12