DEEKA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC079142 · ltd · incorporated 1982-06-17
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
22 officers (1 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
174 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-08-01
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    CARLIN, Mark resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-01-19
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    CARLIN, Mark appointed
    secretary
  11. 2022-01-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-01-19
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-08-22
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    MUIR, John Drummond resigned
    director
  18. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-06-09
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    WATSON, James Walker resigned
    secretary
  21. 2014-06-09
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    WATSON, James Walker resigned
    director
  22. 2006-02-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2003-05-20
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    MCGOWAN, Colin Cochrane appointed
    director
  24. 2002-10-10
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    DONNELLY, William resigned
    director
  25. 2002-10-10
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    JAY, Ian Scott resigned
    director
  26. 2002-10-10
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    STEPEK, Jan Wladyslaw resigned
    director
  27. 2000-05-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ballast Wiltshier PLC
  28. 2000-01-01
    ➖
    PARK, William Benson resigned
    director
  29. 1997-07-13
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    STEPEK, Jan Wladyslaw appointed
    director
  30. 1997-07-11
    ➕
    WATSON, James Walker appointed
    secretary
  31. 1997-07-11
    ➖
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1997-07-11
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, David resigned
    director
  33. 1997-07-11
    ➖
    CASSIDY, John resigned
    director
  34. 1997-07-11
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    DOCHERTY, John Paul resigned
    director
  35. 1997-07-11
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    DUGUID, Alastair Robert resigned
    director
  36. 1997-07-11
    ➕
    JAY, Ian Scott appointed
    director
  37. 1997-07-11
    ➕
    PARK, William Benson appointed
    director
  38. 1997-07-11
    ➕
    WATSON, James Walker appointed
    director
  39. 1997-07-11
    ➖
    WHITELAW, William resigned
    director
  40. 1996-11-26
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    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1996-10-23
    ➖
    FRIEL, Joseph resigned
    secretary
  42. 1995-08-25
    ➖
    FRIEL, Joseph resigned
    director
  43. 1995-06-30
    ➖
    WATSON, James Walker resigned
    director
  44. 1995-04-29
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    GIBB, Robert Dewar resigned
    director
  45. 1995-01-07
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    CASSIDY, John appointed
    director
  46. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, David appointed
    director
  47. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    DONNELLY, William appointed
    director
  48. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    DUGUID, Alastair Robert appointed
    director
  49. 1994-10-20
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    FULSTON, George Jones resigned
    director
  50. 1994-10-20
    ➕
    MUIR, John Drummond appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 56 events

Owner dependency

100/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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.)

Group structure

Edencrest Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Edencrest Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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DEEKA LIMITED
This company · SC079142

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Edencrest Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 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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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-06-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

New Douglas Park
Cadzow Avenue
Hamilton
ML3 0FT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (1 active · 21 resigned)

MCGOWAN, Colin Cochrane→
director · ~71y · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARLIN, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2022-01-19 · resigned 2025-08-01
Resigned
FRIEL, Joseph→
secretary · resigned 1996-10-23
Resigned
WATSON, James Walker→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-11 · resigned 2014-06-09
Resigned
HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-26 · resigned 1997-07-11
Resigned
CAMPBELL, David→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 1997-07-11
Resigned
CASSIDY, John→
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-01-07 · resigned 1997-07-11
Resigned
DICK, Andrew→
director · ~92y · resigned 1990-05-30
Resigned
DOCHERTY, John Paul→
director · ~70y · appointed 1991-10-23 · resigned 1997-07-11
Resigned
DONNELLY, William→
director · ~77y · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 2002-10-10
Resigned
DUGUID, Alastair Robert→
director · ~75y · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 1997-07-11
Resigned
FRIEL, Joseph→
director · ~94y · resigned 1995-08-25
Resigned
FULSTON, George Jones→
director · ~81y · resigned 1994-10-20
Resigned
GIBB, Robert Dewar→
director · ~89y · resigned 1995-04-29
Resigned
JAY, Ian Scott→
director · ~89y · appointed 1997-07-11 · resigned 2002-10-10
Resigned
MUIR, John Drummond→
director · ~93y · appointed 1994-10-20 · resigned 2018-08-22
Resigned
PARK, William Benson→
director · ~101y · appointed 1997-07-11 · resigned 2000-01-01
Resigned
STEPEK, Jan Wladyslaw→
director · ~104y · appointed 1997-07-13 · resigned 2002-10-10
Resigned
WATSON, James Walker→
director · ~95y · appointed 1997-07-11 · resigned 2014-06-09
Resigned
WATSON, James Walker→
director · ~95y · resigned 1995-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Ballast Wiltshier
Ballast Wiltshier PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property04/05/200014/02/2006

Recent filings (174 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29