DEADLY DIGITAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC300396 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-06
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
£18.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,130
Cash YoY
-39%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£18k
↑ 347% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↑ 8.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£13k£20k£26k£33kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£21.0k£18.8k
Current assets£32.9k£30.2k
Cash£3.6k£5.9k
Debtors£27.9k£22.9k
Net assets£18.1k£4.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-09-20
    ➖
    GAUGHAN, Annette Brigid resigned
    director
  6. 2023-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2018-01-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-19
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-05-30
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    GAUGHAN, Annette Brigid appointed
    director
  16. 2016-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As DEADLY DIGITAL LIMITED
  18. 2006-04-06
    ➕
    GAUGHAN, Annette appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-06
    ➕
    GAUGHAN, James appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-04-06
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-04-06
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-04-06
    ➖
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James David Gaughan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest30/01/2018

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
Incorporated2006-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

436 Kingsbridge Drive
Glasgow
G73 2BY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GAUGHAN, Annette→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GAUGHAN, James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2006-04-06
Resigned
GAUGHAN, Annette Brigid→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-05-30 · resigned 2023-09-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2006-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09