CNAL LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC542559 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-11
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£4.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £4,316
Cash YoY
+365%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13k
↑ 365% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 165% YoY
Current Assets
£73k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£7k£9k£25k£41k£57k£73kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£4.7k£-5.0k
Current assets£72.7k£58.1k
Cash£13.5k£2.9k
Debtors£59.2k£55.3k
Net assets£4.3k£-6.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-08-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CNAL LIMITED
  13. 2016-08-11
    ➕
    BYRNE, Conor appointed
    director
  14. 2016-08-11
    ➕
    HAAS, Louise appointed
    director
  15. 2016-08-11
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Conor Byrne
Individual · Irish · DOB 05/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control11/08/2016
Mrs Louise Haas
Individual · British · DOB 07/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/08/2016

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
Incorporated2016-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier

Registered office

Suite 4.5, Turnberry House
175 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2LB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-24
Last: 2025-08-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BYRNE, Conor→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-08-11
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Active
HAAS, Louise→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-08-11
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-21