CLEARBELL (CO-INVEST) IV LP

💤Zombieactive
SL034903 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2021-03-19
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (39/100)

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

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
60
Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  2. 2025-04-03
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  3. 2024-03-25
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  4. 2023-03-21
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  5. 2022-05-05
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  6. 2021-08-26
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  7. 2021-08-19
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
  8. 2021-08-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  9. 2021-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As CLEARBELL (CO-INVEST) IV LP
  10. 2021-03-19
    📄
    registration-and-designation-as-a-private-fund-limited-partnership
    incorporation · LP7(S)

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 5 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

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Killik & Co Trustees Limited
Corporate parent
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Clearbell Sgp Llp
Corporate parent
CLEARBELL (CO-INVEST) IV LP
This company · SL034903

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Killik & Co Trustees Limited
Corporate entity
control reported29/07/2021
Clearbell Sgp Llp
Corporate entity
sig. influencesignificant influence19/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Sally Margaret Doyle-Lindenceased 29/07/2021· control reported

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typelimited-partnership
Incorporated2021-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC

Registered office

50 Lothian Road
Festival Square
Edinburgh
EH3 9WJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-05-05
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2021-08-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC07
2021-08-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2021-08-19
registration-and-designation-as-a-private-fund-limited-partnership
incorporation · LP7(S)
2021-03-19