AOSDANA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC258097 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-23

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£2.1k

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

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90030Artistic creation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.6y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 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.

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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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,078

Net assets shrinking

Down £453 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£153k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£62.8k	£77.7k	£33.4k
Current assets	£152.6k	£136.5k	£118.3k
Net assets	£2.1k	£2.5k	£19

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 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-01
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-10-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-23
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MILLER, Catriona Ann Macdonald resigned
director
2020-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-23
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officers · AP01
2020-04-14
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MILLER, Catriona Ann Macdonald appointed
director
2019-07-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2005-09-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-10-23
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Company incorporated
As AOSDANA LIMITED
2003-10-23
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MILLER, Catriona Ann Macdonald appointed
secretary
2003-10-23
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KILLIN, Mhairi appointed
director
2003-10-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-10-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-10-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-10-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Miss Mhairi Macdonald Margaret Killin Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/11/2020

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2003-10-23

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

Tigh-Na-Beargh

The Village

Iona

PA76 6SJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MILLER, Catriona Ann Macdonald→

secretary · appointed 2003-10-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KILLIN, Mhairi→

director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-23 · resigned 2003-10-23

Resigned

MILLER, Catriona Ann Macdonald→

director · ~61y · appointed 2020-04-14 · resigned 2020-10-23

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-23 · resigned 2003-10-23

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	19/09/2005	—

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-25

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-29

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-10-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-16

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2020-12-01

withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement

persons-with-significant-control · PSC09

2020-12-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-10-24