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CANNYHAWN LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC811127 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-21
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 76 → 67
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 8 recent signals weakening vs 2 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Deal-killer verdict: cleancomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 7667
  • Hygiene score: 9080
  • +2 more
Last 90 days

Picture worsened over the last 90 days — 4 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Deal-killer verdict: cleancomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 7667
  • Hygiene score: 9080
  • +2 more
Last 180 days

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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (40/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
No filing history
0
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
70
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
Metric2025-05-31

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-05-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CANNYHAWN LTD

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

122-122a Hilltown
Dundee
DD3 7BG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17