ART & SOUL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03841674 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-15

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£8.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90030Artistic creation

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,089

Net assets shrinking

Down £967 YoY

Cash YoY

+75%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↑ 75% YoY

Net Worth

£8k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£8k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£8.2k	£9.2k
Current assets	£8.0k	£11.0k
Cash	£6.2k	£3.5k
Debtors	£1.8k	£7.5k
Net assets	£8.1k	£9.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2025-06-26
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2024-05-30
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2023-01-25
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2022-03-10
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2021-06-04
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2020-06-22
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2019-06-20
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2018-06-25
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2016-12-12
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2015-11-18
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2015-09-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-21
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accounts · AA
2014-09-15
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2013-11-19
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1999-09-15
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Company incorporated
As ART & SOUL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
1999-09-15
➕
MCMILLAN, Justine Michelle appointed
secretary
1999-09-15
➕
MCMILLAN, Duncan Torry appointed
director
1999-09-15
➕
SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-15
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SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-15
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SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-09-15
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SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ducan Mcmillan Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	15/09/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-09-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

6 Grange Park

Brough

North Humberside

HU15 1AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MCMILLAN, Justine Michelle→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-15

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Active

MCMILLAN, Duncan Torry→

director · ~61y · appointed 1999-09-15

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Active

SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-15 · resigned 1999-09-15

Resigned

SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-15 · resigned 1999-09-15

Resigned

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