UISTEACH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC161857 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-24

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

£40.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £40,197

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£40k

Current Assets

£90

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£69.3k	—
Current assets	£90	—
Net assets	£40.2k	—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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

2026-03-24
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2025-08-05
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2024-08-08
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2023-07-25
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2022-07-30
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2021-09-10
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2020-08-05
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2019-08-15
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accounts · AA
2018-07-27
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accounts · AA
2017-08-30
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accounts · AA
2016-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-08-31
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accounts · AA
2014-12-11
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-31
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accounts · AA
1995-12-08
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MUIR, Catherine Mary appointed
secretary
1995-12-08
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MUIR, Andrew David appointed
director
1995-12-08
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KEITH, John Leonard resigned
secretary
1995-12-08
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PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD resigned
corporate-director
1995-11-24
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Company incorporated
As UISTEACH LIMITED
1995-11-24
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KEITH, John Leonard appointed
secretary
1995-11-24
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PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD appointed
corporate-director

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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew David Muir Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Catherine Mary Muir Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-11-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 2

Balivanich

Benbecula

Western Isles

HS7 5LT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MUIR, Catherine Mary→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-08

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Active

MUIR, Andrew David→

director · ~78y · appointed 1995-12-08

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Active

KEITH, John Leonard→

secretary · appointed 1995-11-24 · resigned 1995-12-08

Resigned

PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 1995-11-24 · resigned 1995-12-08

Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-29