CLD SHIRE GROUP LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC799457 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-16
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-11-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2025-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-16🏢Company incorporatedAs CLD SHIRE GROUP LIMITED
- 2024-02-16➕CUNNINGHAM, Dylan Lee appointeddirector
- 2024-02-16➕GALE, Leo Jude appointeddirector
- 2024-02-16📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Leo Jude Gale Individual · British · DOB 03/2001 · age 25 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/02/2024 |
Mr Dylan Lee Cunningham Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/2001 · age 25 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/02/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Registered office
Unit 4, Murcar Commercial Park Denmore Road
Bridge Of Don
Aberdeen
AB23 8JW
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CUNNINGHAM, Dylan Lee→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2024-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GALE, Leo Jude→
Activedirector · ~25y · appointed 2024-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/11/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (18 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-23