CBM ENTERPRISES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC785166 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-06
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-01-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-11-27
    BARR, Ciaran resigned
    director
  5. 2023-11-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-11-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-10-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CBM ENTERPRISES LTD
  8. 2023-10-06
    MCRAE, Brandon Edinson appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-06
    BARR, Ciaran appointed
    director
  10. 2023-10-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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 Brandon Edinson Mcrae
Individual · British · DOB 12/1999 · age 27
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/10/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ciaran Barrceased 27/11/2023· 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
Incorporated2023-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

8 Old Bellsdyke Road
Larbert
FK5 4EE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCRAE, Brandon Edinson
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-10-06
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Active
BARR, Ciaran
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-10-06 · resigned 2023-11-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-06