D MCINNES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC297422 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-20

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£19.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

69203Tax consultancy

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 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

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £19,619

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£20k

↑ 3.7% YoY

Current Assets

£17k

↑ 2.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£19.6k	£18.9k
Current assets	£17.1k	£16.6k
Net assets	£19.6k	£18.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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2025-05-30
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2024-05-31
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2024-05-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-17
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address · AD01
2023-06-26
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2022-05-31
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2021-05-26
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2020-05-04
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2019-06-14
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2018-07-03
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2017-06-15
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2016-08-16
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2016-03-02
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2015-12-08
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2010-10-03
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MCINNES, Diane appointed
director
2010-10-03
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MCINNES, Frank resigned
director
2006-10-01
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MCINNES, Diane appointed
secretary
2006-10-01
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MCINNES, Frank resigned
secretary
2006-10-01
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MCINNES, Diane resigned
director
2006-10-01
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MCINNES, Frank appointed
director
2006-02-20
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Company incorporated
As D MCINNES LIMITED
2006-02-20
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MCINNES, Frank appointed
secretary
2006-02-20
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MCINNES, Diane appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCINNES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Mrs Diane Mcinnes Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	30/06/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2006-02-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Flat 10 Killearn Court

2 The Square

Killearn

G63 9NG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCINNES, Diane→

secretary · appointed 2006-10-01

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Active

MCINNES, Diane→

director · ~67y · appointed 2010-10-03

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Active

MCINNES, Frank→

secretary · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2006-10-01

Resigned

MCINNES, Diane→

director · ~67y · appointed 2006-02-20 · resigned 2006-10-01

Resigned

MCINNES, Frank→

director · ~71y · appointed 2006-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-24

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officers · CH03

2025-10-10

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accounts · AA

2025-05-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-05-31

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-05-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-05-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-02-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-05-04