D C BREEZE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC230805 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-25

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

£293.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 17.5y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £293,183

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£129k

Net Worth

£293k

Current Assets

£129k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£293.7k	—
Current assets	£128.9k	—
Cash	£128.9k	—
Net assets	£293.2k	—
Average employees	—	200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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2022-12-23
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2022-01-19
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2020-12-07
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2019-10-28
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2018-11-27
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2018-01-24
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2016-10-12
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2016-04-26
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2016-01-12
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2015-05-20
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2014-12-31
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2014-04-29
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2009-06-10
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-02-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-11-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-05-07
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STARK, Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2002-05-07
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CARSWELL, David appointed
director
2002-05-07
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PF & S ( SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-05-07
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PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-25
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Company incorporated
As D C BREEZE LIMITED
2002-04-25
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PF & S ( SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-25
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PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Carswell Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

12 Myers Court

Bellshill

North Lanarkshire

ML4 3PP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

STARK, Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2002-05-07

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Active

CARSWELL, David→

director · ~62y · appointed 2002-05-07

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Active

PF & S ( SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2002-05-07

Resigned

PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2002-05-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	10/06/2009	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	03/02/2009	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	07/11/2008	—

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2026-05-21

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accounts · AA

2026-01-15