6SIDES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05864846 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-03
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
92 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-31➖GILLESPIE, Kate Louisa resigneddirector
- 2024-08-06📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2015-12-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2015-08-17➖NICHOLSON, Nicholas resigneddirector
- 2012-11-05➕NICHOLSON, Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2006-07-03🏢Company incorporatedAs 6SIDES LIMITED
- 2006-07-03➕GILLESPIE, Daniel appointedsecretary
- 2006-07-03➕GILLESPIE, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2006-07-03➕GILLESPIE, Kate Louisa appointeddirector
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Daniel Gillespie Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Kate Louisa Gillespieceased 31/12/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
4th Floor 399-401 Strand
London
WC2R 0LT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GILLESPIE, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2006-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GILLESPIE, Kate Louisa→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2006-07-03 · resigned 2024-12-31
NICHOLSON, Nicholas→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2012-11-05 · resigned 2015-08-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/12/2015 | 02/10/2020 |
Recent filings (92 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-20