CLYDESIDE STUDENT HOMES LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC778174 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-07
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 12 → 13
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1213
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
13 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-15
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-10-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-10-01
    BERE, Adam Sebastian resigned
    director
  6. 2024-09-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-09-23
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2024-07-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-07-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-07-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-08-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLYDESIDE STUDENT HOMES LIMITED
  12. 2023-08-07
    DUNCAN, Stuart Beange appointed
    secretary
  13. 2023-08-07
    CREEVY, Alexander George appointed
    director
  14. 2023-08-07
    DUNCAN, Stuart Beange appointed
    director
  15. 2023-08-07
    JACK, Andrew Thomas appointed
    director
  16. 2023-08-07
    BERE, Adam Sebastian appointed
    director
  17. 2023-08-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-10-15: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Scape Homes Sd Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Scape Homes Sd Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CLYDESIDE STUDENT HOMES LIMITED
This company · SC778174

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Scape Homes Sd Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

11/2 Castle Gogar Rigg
Edinburgh
EH12 9GP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-05
Last: 2026-07-22

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

DUNCAN, Stuart Beange
secretary · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active
CREEVY, Alexander George
director · ~66y · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active
DUNCAN, Stuart Beange
director · ~77y · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active
JACK, Andrew Thomas
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-08-07
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Active
BERE, Adam Sebastian
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-08-07 · resigned 2024-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-07