STRONGHOLD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC184940 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-17
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.3y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (1 active, 18 linked, 9 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
106 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 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£2£5£7£10£12Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£12
Cash—£12
Net assets—£12
Average employees1—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-15
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2022-11-15
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  8. 2022-07-22
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    BEAL, Victoria Katherine resigned
    secretary
  17. 2007-10-04
    ➖
    BEAL, Simon Arthur resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-10-04
    ➖
    BEAL, Simon Arthur resigned
    director
  19. 2007-10-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2007-10-03
    ➕
    BEAL, David John Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2007-10-03
    ➕
    BEAL, Victoria Katherine appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-10-03
    ➖
    BEAL, James Ross resigned
    director
  23. 2007-03-21
    ➕
    BEAL, Simon Arthur appointed
    director
  24. 2007-01-29
    ➕
    BEAL, Simon Arthur appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-01-12
    ➖
    BEAL, James Ross resigned
    secretary
  26. 2007-01-12
    ➖
    BEAL, John Anthony resigned
    director
  27. 2006-12-18
    ➕
    BEAL, James Ross appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-12-18
    ➖
    MCDONALD, Alasdair Moodie resigned
    secretary
  29. 2006-09-20
    ➖
    BEAL, David John Anthony resigned
    director
  30. 2006-09-20
    ➖
    BEAL, Matilda resigned
    director
  31. 2006-09-20
    ➖
    BEAL, Simon Arthur resigned
    director
  32. 2006-08-08
    ➕
    BEAL, James Ross appointed
    director
  33. 2006-08-08
    ➕
    BEAL, Matilda appointed
    director
  34. 2006-08-08
    ➕
    BEAL, Simon Arthur appointed
    director
  35. 2006-01-11
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Alasdair Moodie appointed
    secretary
  36. 2005-09-30
    ➖
    COOK, Graeme James resigned
    secretary
  37. 2005-09-23
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  38. 2004-07-29
    ➖
    REYNOLDS, Mary Boylan Carmichael resigned
    secretary
  39. 2004-07-20
    ➕
    COOK, Graeme James appointed
    secretary
  40. 2004-07-20
    ➕
    BEAL, David John Anthony appointed
    director
  41. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    REYNOLDS, Mary Boylan Carmichael appointed
    secretary
  42. 2002-10-18
    ➖
    HOWIESON, Paul resigned
    secretary
  43. 2002-07-26
    ➖
    BEAL, David John Anthony resigned
    secretary
  44. 2002-07-26
    ➖
    BEAL, David John Anthony resigned
    director
  45. 2002-07-22
    ➕
    HOWIESON, Paul appointed
    secretary
  46. 2002-05-22
    ➖
    BUCHAN, David George resigned
    director
  47. 2001-01-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  48. 2000-04-30
    ➕
    BEAL, David John Anthony appointed
    director
  49. 1998-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STRONGHOLD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  50. 1998-04-17
    ➕
    BEAL, David John Anthony appointed
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 54 events

Owner dependency

85/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Anthony Beal
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
——board controlboard control · firm interest01/04/2017

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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
Incorporated1998-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

1 Little Drum Road
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
G68 9LH
Scotland

Filing status

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

Officers (1 active · 17 resigned)

BEAL, David John Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEAL, David John Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-17 · resigned 2002-07-26
Resigned
BEAL, James Ross→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2007-01-12
Resigned
BEAL, Simon Arthur→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-29 · resigned 2007-10-04
Resigned
BEAL, Victoria Katherine→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-03 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
COOK, Graeme James→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
HOWIESON, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-22 · resigned 2002-10-18
Resigned
MCDONALD, Alasdair Moodie→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-11 · resigned 2006-12-18
Resigned
REYNOLDS, Mary Boylan Carmichael→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2004-07-29
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-17 · resigned 1998-04-17
Resigned
BEAL, David John Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-07-20 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned
BEAL, David John Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-04-30 · resigned 2002-07-26
Resigned
BEAL, James Ross→
director · ~45y · appointed 2006-08-08 · resigned 2007-10-03
Resigned
BEAL, John Anthony→
director · ~86y · appointed 1998-04-17 · resigned 2007-01-12
Resigned
BEAL, Matilda→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-08-08 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned
BEAL, Simon Arthur→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-03-21 · resigned 2007-10-04
Resigned
BEAL, Simon Arthur→
director · ~46y · appointed 2006-08-08 · resigned 2006-09-20
Resigned
BUCHAN, David George→
director · ~85y · appointed 1998-04-17 · resigned 2002-05-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property04/10/2007—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property15/01/200123/09/2005
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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-11-15
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2022-11-15
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19