DOJO DESIGN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC379171 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-26
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-69.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £69,507
Cash YoY
+50%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↑ 50% YoY
Net Worth
-£70k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£78k-£60k-£42k-£24k-£7k£11kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-69.5k£-77.6k
Cash£11.2k£7.4k
Net assets£-69.5k£-77.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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  2. 2025-02-27
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  3. 2024-02-20
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  4. 2023-02-27
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  5. 2021-07-05
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  6. 2021-05-28
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  7. 2020-02-26
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  8. 2019-02-28
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  9. 2018-01-25
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  10. 2017-02-20
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  11. 2016-05-30
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  12. 2016-01-27
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  13. 2015-05-28
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  14. 2014-12-17
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  15. 2014-05-26
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  16. 2014-01-07
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  17. 2012-05-28
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    DICKSON, Catriona resigned
    director
  18. 2010-06-18
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    FORSTER, Astrid resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-05-26
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    Company incorporated
    As DOJO DESIGN LIMITED
  20. 2010-05-26
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    DICKSON, Catriona appointed
    director
  21. 2010-05-26
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    FORSTER, Astrid appointed
    secretary
  22. 2010-05-26
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    DICKSON, Catriona appointed
    director
  23. 2010-05-26
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    LOGAN, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2010-05-26
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    LOGAN, Elizabeth resigned
    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 60 — 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 60. 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Catriona Dickson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

18 Victoria Place
Stirling
Stirlingshire
FK8 2QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-09
Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

DICKSON, Catriona→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORSTER, Astrid→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-26 · resigned 2010-06-18
Resigned
DICKSON, Catriona→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-26 · resigned 2012-05-28
Resigned
LOGAN, Elizabeth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-05-26 · resigned 2010-05-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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2026-02-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
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accounts · AA
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-28