BLUE NIMBUS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC375734 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-26
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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, 2 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
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
40 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31

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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-03-25
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    JACKSON, Mark James resigned
    director
  5. 2025-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-05-15
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  7. 2024-05-27
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  8. 2023-06-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-05-31
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  10. 2022-05-16
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  11. 2021-05-26
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  12. 2020-08-27
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  13. 2019-07-01
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  14. 2018-07-02
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  15. 2017-06-26
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  16. 2016-07-07
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-09-01
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    JACKSON, Mark James appointed
    director
  18. 2012-08-31
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    COMMON STRATEGY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  19. 2010-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE NIMBUS LIMITED
  20. 2010-03-26
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Alison Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-03-26
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Alison Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-26
    ➕
    COMMON STRATEGY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Flat 1, 10 Hill Terrace
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 1AH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SIMPSON, Alison Mary→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-26
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Active
SIMPSON, Alison Mary→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-03-26
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Active
JACKSON, Mark James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2026-03-25
Resigned
COMMON STRATEGY LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-03-26 · resigned 2012-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-26