CLOOTIENESS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC808454 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-26
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
Current Assets
£100
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£100
Current assets£100
Debtors£100
Net assets£100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-30
    ➖
    O'BRIEN, Christopher Paul resigned
    director
  5. 2024-10-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-10-01
    ➕
    MCMASTER, Angus appointed
    director
  7. 2024-06-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-04-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLOOTIENESS LTD
  9. 2024-04-26
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, James Fraser appointed
    director
  10. 2024-04-26
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  11. 2024-04-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 James Fraser Campbell
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/04/2024
Mr Angus Mcmaster
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Nevis Range Development Co Ltdceased 30/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2024-04-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Drum Hotel
Drumnadrochit
Inverness
IV63 6TU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CAMPBELL, James Fraser→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-04-26
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Active
MCMASTER, Angus→
director · ~68y · appointed 2024-10-01
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Active
O'BRIEN, Christopher Paul→
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-04-26 · resigned 2025-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-26