CLYDE SAUSAGE COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC536876 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-01

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong 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. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31	2023-05-31
Total assets	—	£39.6k	£31.6k
Current assets	—	£63.9k	£22.4k
Net assets	—	£39.6k	£31.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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2025-05-29
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2025-05-01
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officers · TM01
2025-04-24
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HENDERSON, Thomas resigned
director
2025-03-19
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COYLE, Darren appointed
director
2025-03-19
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officers · AP01
2025-03-10
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address · AD01
2024-07-31
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COYLE, Darren resigned
director
2024-07-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
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officers · AP01
2023-04-01
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HENDERSON, Thomas appointed
director
2023-02-27
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accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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2021-03-04
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2020-03-03
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2020-02-28
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accounts · AA
2019-06-26
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COYLE, Darren appointed
director
2019-06-26
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ELDER, Alexander James resigned
director
2019-06-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-26
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2019-06-26
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officers · TM01
2019-06-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2016-06-01
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Company incorporated
As CLYDE SAUSAGE COMPANY LIMITED
2016-06-01
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ELDER, Alexander James appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Darren Coyle Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	26/06/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alexander James Elderceased 26/06/2019· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-06-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Unit 4 197a Dumbarton Road

Clydebank

G81 4XJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-04

Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

COYLE, Darren→

director · ~38y · appointed 2025-03-19

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COYLE, Darren→

director · ~38y · appointed 2019-06-26 · resigned 2024-07-31

Resigned

ELDER, Alexander James→

director · ~67y · appointed 2016-06-01 · resigned 2019-06-26

Resigned

HENDERSON, Thomas→

director · ~58y · appointed 2023-04-01 · resigned 2025-04-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-05-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-05-01

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-03-19

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-10

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-05

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-04-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-31