CLARINET COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC512220 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-04
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals 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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-04-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-02➕ARERE, Patience appointeddirector
- 2015-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs CLARINET COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
- 2015-08-04➕ARERE, Andrew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Arere Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 03/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-08-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities
Registered office
3 Strathalmond Green
Edinburgh
EH4 8AG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-29
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ARERE, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2015-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ARERE, Patience→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2017-01-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (47 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-05-04