INNOV8 INTERIORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC207226 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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
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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-06-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-06-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2019-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2000-06-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2000-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As INNOV8 INTERIORS LIMITED
  20. 2000-05-17
    ➕
    DYE, Richard Cameron appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-05-17
    ➕
    DYE, Patricia Jean appointed
    director
  22. 2000-05-17
    ➕
    DYE, Richard Cameron appointed
    director
  23. 2000-05-17
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-05-17
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-05-17
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2000-05-17
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2000-05-17
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2000-05-17
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Patricia Jean Dye
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/05/2017
Mr Richard Cameron Dye
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/05/2017

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
Incorporated2000-05-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Stannergate House 41 Dundee Road West
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 1NB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DYE, Richard Cameron→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-17
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Active
DYE, Patricia Jean→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-05-17
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Active
DYE, Richard Cameron→
director · ~75y · appointed 2000-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-17 · resigned 2000-05-17
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-17 · resigned 2000-05-17
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-17 · resigned 2000-05-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property30/06/2000—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-19