D K B DESIGNS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC339445 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-12
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (77/100)

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, 1 with DOB)
74
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
56 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-03-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-03-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-03-04
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2012-03-04
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    TURCAN CONNELL resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-13
    ➕
    LLOYD, Willa Mary Gabriel appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-13
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-13
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-03-13
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As D K B DESIGNS LIMITED
  24. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-03-12
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Willa Mary Gabriel Lloyd
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Turcan Connell Princes Exchange
1 Earl Grey Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9EE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LLOYD, Willa Mary Gabriel→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURCAN CONNELL→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-13 · resigned 2012-03-04
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-12 · resigned 2008-03-13
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-12 · resigned 2008-03-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15