ISSOS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC277930 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-05
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£333.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 46). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 20.4y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 3 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
90 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £333,354
Cash YoY
-18%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£456k
↓ 18% YoY
Net Worth
£333k
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Assets
£2.2m
↑ 6.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£444k£888k£1.3m£1.8m£2.2mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£333.4k£311.1k
Current assets£2.22M£2.09M
Cash£455.9k£555.7k
Debtors£1.77M£1.53M
Net assets£333.4k£311.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-01
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-09-01
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    Charge satisfied #3
  6. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2021-10-29
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    MUNRO, Robert resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-08-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Adam & Company, a Business Name of the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  18. 2016-01-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2012-06-28
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2010-01-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2009-08-28
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    ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-08-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 2009-05-14
    ➕
    MUNRO, Robert appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-11-26
    ➖
    MUNRO, Robert Holmes resigned
    director
  25. 2007-02-06
    ➖
    STOTT, Kenneth resigned
    secretary
  26. 2007-02-06
    ➕
    ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2006-11-10
    ➕
    STOTT, Kenneth appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-11-10
    ➖
    ZEEB, Eva-Maria Katharina resigned
    secretary
  29. 2006-06-30
    ➕
    MUNRO, Robert Holmes appointed
    director
  30. 2006-01-24
    ➕
    ZEEB, Eva-Maria Katharina appointed
    secretary
  31. 2006-01-23
    ➖
    DRYMEN ROAD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2005-11-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  33. 2005-08-20
    ➕
    DRYMEN ROAD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2005-08-02
    ➖
    MUNRO, Margaret Winning Mcdonald resigned
    secretary
  35. 2005-08-02
    ➖
    MUNRO, Robert Holmes resigned
    director
  36. 2005-08-01
    ➕
    MUNRO, Jennifer Margaret appointed
    director
  37. 2005-01-10
    ➕
    MUNRO, Margaret Winning Mcdonald appointed
    secretary
  38. 2005-01-10
    ➕
    MUNRO, Robert Holmes appointed
    director
  39. 2005-01-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ISSOS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  40. 2005-01-05
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 2005-01-05
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 2005-01-05
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  43. 2005-01-05
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Jennifer Margaret Munro
Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-01-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

1st Floor 5 Lancaster Crescent
Kelvinside
Glasgow
G12 0RR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

MUNRO, Jennifer Margaret→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUNRO, Margaret Winning Mcdonald→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-10 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned
MUNRO, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-14 · resigned 2021-10-29
Resigned
STOTT, Kenneth→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-10 · resigned 2007-02-06
Resigned
ZEEB, Eva-Maria Katharina→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2006-11-10
Resigned
ACCOUNTANCY ASSURED (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-06 · resigned 2009-08-28
Resigned
DRYMEN ROAD COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-08-20 · resigned 2006-01-23
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-05 · resigned 2005-01-05
Resigned
MUNRO, Robert Holmes→
director · ~83y · appointed 2006-06-30 · resigned 2007-11-26
Resigned
MUNRO, Robert Holmes→
director · ~83y · appointed 2005-01-10 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-05 · resigned 2005-01-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Adam & Company, a Business Name of the Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property20/08/202001/09/2023
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property04/08/200928/06/2012
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property28/11/200511/01/2010

Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-08-28