CAROKILT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC777700 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-01
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£59.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). 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: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 £59,553

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£60k
Current Assets
£25k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£23.5k
Current assets£25.0k
Net assets£59.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
    📄
    capital-redomination-of-shares
    capital · SH14
  3. 2024-12-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-10-23
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2023-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAROKILT LTD
  7. 2023-08-01
    MCLARDIE, Gregory John appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-01
    📄
    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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gregory John Mclardie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/08/2023
Mrs Gale Demetria Mclardie
Individual · Australian · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Northern Agri-Tech Innovation Hub
Bush Farm
Roslin
EH25 9RG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCLARDIE, Gregory John
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
capital-redomination-of-shares
capital · SH14
2024-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-23
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-10-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-01