CITADEL TRANSLATIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC443357 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-21
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £1,614
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,275 YoY
Cash YoY
+110%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 110% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.9k£9.2k
Current assets£11.3k£22.3k
Cash£2.7k£1.3k
Debtors£8.6k£21.0k
Net assets£1.6k£3.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-03-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-14
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-11-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-11-14
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    address · AD01
  8. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CITADEL TRANSLATIONS LTD
  17. 2013-02-21
    ➕
    MCTURK, Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 66. 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 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Mcturk
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Jane Webster Denholm
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/02/2025

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
Incorporated2013-02-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

59 Abbey Wall Road
Pittenweem
Fife
KY10 2NE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCTURK, Thomas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-02-21
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28