CRUDEN BAY TRAINING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC483900 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-08
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£-1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 95110Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
27 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,084
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
Net Worth
-£1k
Current Assets
£26k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-1.1k | — |
| Current assets | £26.1k | — |
| Cash | £6.5k | — |
| Debtors | £1.6k | — |
| Net assets | £-1.1k | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-02-21📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2016-08-09📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2016-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-08🏢Company incorporatedAs CRUDEN BAY TRAINING LIMITED
- 2014-08-08➕HYMAN, Katherine Mary appointeddirector
- 2014-08-08➕HYMAN, Ray appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Katherine Mary Hyman Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/08/2016 |
Mr Ray Hyman Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| DE-GLORY ABERDEEN LTD→ SC835386 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| DEE AND DON PROPERTIES LTD→ SC768380 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| DEESIDE DELI LTD→ SC596758 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| DESA TRADING LTD→ SC648826 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47410 — Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores
Registered office
Cruden Bay Congregational Church Hub Main Street
Cruden Bay
Peterhead
AB42 0NA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HYMAN, Katherine Mary→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2014-08-08
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Active
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Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-08