CAIRNORRIE ONE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC583873 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-14
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
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£100£100
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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 (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-04-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2019-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2017-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CAIRNORRIE ONE LIMITED
  11. 2017-12-14
    MACKIE, Grant Stephen appointed
    director
  12. 2017-12-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Picardy Enterprises Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Picardy Enterprises Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
CAIRNORRIE ONE LIMITED
This company · SC583873

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Picardy Enterprises Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting14/12/2017
Mr Grant Stephen Mackie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest14/12/2017

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
Incorporated2017-12-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

6 Castle St
Edinburgh
EH2 3AT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MACKIE, Grant Stephen
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-12-14
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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-06