ERISKAY ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC333519 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-06
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£99.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
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 £99,755
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£100k
↑ 196% YoY
Current Assets
£117k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£104k-£60k-£15k£29k£73k£117kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£116.8k£103.6k
Current assets£116.8k£103.6k
Cash—£71
Debtors—£103.5k
Net assets£99.8k£-103.6k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2024-09-18
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-07-13
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  5. 2021-08-12
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  6. 2020-06-12
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  7. 2019-06-26
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  8. 2018-07-10
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  9. 2017-10-04
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  10. 2016-09-28
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  11. 2015-12-24
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  12. 2015-04-29
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  13. 2014-11-18
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  14. 2014-10-01
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  15. 2014-06-20
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  16. 2010-04-30
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    VINCENT, Charles Warren resigned
    director
  17. 2009-09-30
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    TAYLOR, Mark Andrew appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-09-30
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    VINCENT, Charles Warren resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ERISKAY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  20. 2007-11-06
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    TAYLOR, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-06
    ➕
    VINCENT, Charles Warren appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-11-06
    ➕
    VINCENT, Charles Warren appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Mark Andrew Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest06/11/2016
Mrs Alison Anne Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 11/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/11/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

81 Mitre Road
Jordanhill
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G14 9PH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Mark Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Mark Andrew→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-11-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VINCENT, Charles Warren→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2009-09-30
Resigned
VINCENT, Charles Warren→
director · ~47y · appointed 2007-11-06 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-07