KARTIK CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC325823 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-12.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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, 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,843
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,646 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£13k
↓ 367% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 60% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k-£8k-£3k£1k£6k£11kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-11.9k£7.4k
Current assets£4.3k£10.6k
Net assets£-12.8k£4.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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  2. 2026-03-19
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  3. 2026-03-17
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  4. 2025-03-31
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  5. 2024-03-28
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  6. 2022-12-22
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  7. 2022-04-26
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  8. 2021-06-04
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  9. 2020-03-23
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  10. 2018-12-16
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  11. 2017-10-11
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  12. 2017-07-11
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  13. 2017-03-28
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  14. 2016-07-07
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  15. 2016-02-04
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  16. 2011-01-05
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    BLAIR, Robin resigned
    director
  17. 2011-01-04
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    MACKENZIE, Karen Hardy appointed
    director
  18. 2011-01-04
    ➖
    BLAIR, Susan resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As KARTIK CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  20. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    BLAIR, Susan appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-06-20
    ➕
    BLAIR, Robin 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mrs Karen Hardy Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

17 Gladstone Street
Leven
Fife
KY8 4QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Karen Hardy→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAIR, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2011-01-04
Resigned
BLAIR, Robin→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-06-20 · resigned 2011-01-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29