CLARKSTON GREIG LLP

💤Zombieactive
SO301306 · llp · incorporated 2007-04-17
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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.

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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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
  3. 2025-05-01
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  4. 2025-01-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-24
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  6. 2024-01-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  8. 2023-01-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-09
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  10. 2022-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-07
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  12. 2021-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-24
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  14. 2020-01-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-08-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  16. 2019-04-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  17. 2019-04-25
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  18. 2019-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-04-23
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  20. 2018-01-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-04-20
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  22. 2017-02-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  23. 2016-04-19
    📄
    annual-return-limited-liability-partnership-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · LLAR01
  24. 2016-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  25. 2015-04-30
    📄
    annual-return-limited-liability-partnership-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · LLAR01
  26. 2007-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CLARKSTON GREIG LLP
  27. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    GREIG, Louis Stourton appointed
    llp-designated-member
  28. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    CLARKSTON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  29. 2007-04-17
    ➕
    RUTTERFORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-01

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Clarkston Limited
Corporate parent
🏛️
Rutterford Limited
Corporate parent
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CLARKSTON GREIG LLP
This company · SO301306

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

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Clarkston Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting01/07/2025
Mr Eric Macfie Young
Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Louis Stourton Greig
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016
Rutterford Limited
Corporate entity
—25–50%25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2007-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC—

Registered office

20 Rutland Square C/O Rutterford Ltd
Edinburgh
EH1 2BB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-01OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-17

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

GREIG, Louis Stourton→
llp-designated-member · ~70y · appointed 2007-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKSTON LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2007-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUTTERFORD LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2007-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC02
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2020-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-23
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2019-08-29