THE POSH AGENCY LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC349453 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-03
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-06-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-10-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2009-10-04
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    GARDNER, Andrea Jane resigned
    director
  17. 2008-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As THE POSH AGENCY LTD
  18. 2008-10-03
    ➕
    MILLS, Jennifer Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2008-10-03
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2008-10-03
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2008-10-03
    ➕
    GARDNER, Andrea Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2008-10-03
    ➕
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart appointed
    director
  23. 2008-10-03
    ➖
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart resigned
    director
  24. 2008-10-03
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2008-10-03
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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
Ms Jennifer Jane Mills
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-10-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Provanston Fintry
Balfron
Glasgow
G63 0LP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MILLS, Jennifer Jane→
director · ~44y · appointed 2008-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-10-03 · resigned 2008-10-03
Resigned
GARDNER, Andrea Jane→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-10-03 · resigned 2009-10-04
Resigned
MCMEEKIN, James Stuart→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-10-03 · resigned 2008-10-03
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-10-03 · resigned 2008-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-06-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-26