SKYLINE CENTRAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC351375 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-17
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 Apr 2026
Net worth
£53.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
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: 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 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
42 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 £53,534
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,947 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£54k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£56k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£31k£47k£63k£78kApr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-04-052025-04-05
Total assets£53.5k£62.5k
Current assets£55.7k£78.3k
Net assets£53.5k£62.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2026-03-29
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    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  3. 2026-03-02
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  4. 2025-04-20
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  5. 2024-04-21
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  6. 2023-05-21
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  7. 2022-07-01
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  8. 2021-12-20
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  9. 2020-12-31
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  10. 2019-11-03
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  11. 2018-07-29
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  12. 2017-07-23
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  13. 2016-06-25
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  14. 2015-12-03
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  15. 2015-11-13
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  16. 2008-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As SKYLINE CENTRAL LIMITED
  17. 2008-11-17
    ➕
    WARHURST, Doug, Director appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-11-17
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    WARHURST, Doug, Director appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mrs Anne-Marie Warhurst
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/11/2016
Director Doug Warhurst
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/11/2016

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
Incorporated2008-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

24 Henryson Crescent
Larbert
Stirlingshire
FK5 4GH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-05
Last made up to: 2026-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WARHURST, Doug, Director→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-17
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WARHURST, Doug, Director→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-11-17
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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-20