CY LEGAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC609828 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-03
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£138
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
1 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
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 £138
Net assets shrinking
Down £891 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£874
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
£138
↓ 87% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£3k£4k£5k£6kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£138£1.0k
Current assets£5.7k£6.3k
Cash£874£2.5k
Debtors£4.8k£3.8k
Net assets£138£1.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-05-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-03-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2018-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As CY LEGAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  12. 2018-10-03
    CARR, Colin Peter appointed
    director
  13. 2018-10-03
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Peter Carr
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Yvonne Carrceased 04/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-10-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Flat 0/5 Holmwood Heights 80 Inverlair Avenue
Cathcart
Glasgow
G43 2BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CARR, Colin Peter
director · ~71y · appointed 2018-10-03
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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23