ZINC ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC310171 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£46.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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 £46,774
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,496 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£47k
↓ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£46.8k£50.3k
Current assets£47.3k£50.0k
Net assets£46.8k£50.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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  2. 2025-08-22
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  3. 2024-08-23
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  4. 2023-01-10
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  5. 2022-02-28
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  6. 2021-02-04
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  7. 2020-01-22
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  8. 2020-01-22
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  9. 2020-01-18
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  10. 2019-07-19
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  11. 2018-07-30
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  12. 2017-03-11
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  13. 2016-07-06
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  14. 2015-10-20
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  15. 2015-03-16
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  16. 2006-10-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ZINC ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  17. 2006-10-13
    ➕
    MILLER, David Neil appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-13
    ➕
    MILLER, Lyn Marie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-10-13
    ➕
    MILLER, David Neil appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-13
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    MILLER, Lyn Marie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Neil Miller
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Lyn Marie Miller
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/01/2020

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
Incorporated2006-10-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

126 Meadowspot
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH10 5UY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MILLER, David Neil→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-13
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MILLER, Lyn Marie→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-13
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Active
MILLER, David Neil→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-10-13
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Active
MILLER, Lyn Marie→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-10-13
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

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2026-03-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-18