THE CLEUCHHEADS PARTNERSHIP

💤Zombieactive
SL001633 · limited-partnership · incorporated 1991-02-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 63 → 68
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 80
  • · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • ↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • ↑Opportunity score: 63 → 68
  • ↓Hygiene score: 90 → 80
  • ↓PSC count: 1 → 0
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: none (24/100)

Very limited data. Most AI-generated insights cannot be produced or should be considered unreliable.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
60
Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.
Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
  1. 1991-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As THE CLEUCHHEADS PARTNERSHIP

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 35 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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
Typelimited-partnership
Incorporated1991-02-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC—

Registered office

Cleuchheads Farm
Lockerbie
DG11 2RN

Filing status

Accounts
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Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25