DRAGONHEART LASER & PIERCING LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC379726 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-04

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2024

Net worth

£2.8k

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

Asset-holding vehicle 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,801

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 87% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Total assets	£2.8k	£1.5k
Current assets	£5.9k	£4.5k
Net assets	£2.8k	£1.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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officers · TM01
2025-12-11
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CRAIG, Russell resigned
director
2025-06-13
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2024-04-29
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2023-09-20
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2022-04-25
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2021-06-01
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accounts · AA
2020-09-25
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2019-10-18
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accounts · AA
2018-05-03
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2017-07-17
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2017-07-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-05-11
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accounts · AA
2016-08-16
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address · AD01
2016-07-18
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officers · CH01
2016-06-09
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2013-05-17
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CRAIG, Jan appointed
secretary
2013-05-17
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CARMICHAEL, Robert George resigned
secretary
2010-06-22
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CRAIG, Jan appointed
director
2010-06-22
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CARMICHAEL, Robert George appointed
secretary
2010-06-22
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CRAIG, Russell appointed
director
2010-06-04
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Company incorporated
As DRAGONHEART LASER & PIERCING LTD
2010-06-04
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
secretary
2010-06-04
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TRAINER, Peter resigned
secretary
2010-06-04
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MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
director
2010-06-04
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MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
director
2010-06-04
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TRAINER, Peter appointed
director
2010-06-04
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TRAINER, Peter 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jan Craig Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	04/06/2017
Mr Russell Craig Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	04/06/2017

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

Incorporated2010-06-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

260 Portobello High Street

Edinburgh

EH15 2AT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-07

Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CRAIG, Jan→

secretary · appointed 2013-05-17

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Active

CRAIG, Jan→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-06-22

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Active

CARMICHAEL, Robert George→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-22 · resigned 2013-05-17

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-04 · resigned 2010-06-04

Resigned

CRAIG, Russell→

director · ~65y · appointed 2010-06-22 · resigned 2025-12-11

Resigned

MCINTOSH, Susan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2010-06-04 · resigned 2010-06-04

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

director · ~74y · appointed 2010-06-04 · resigned 2010-06-04

Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-26

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officers · TM01

2026-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-03-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2019-10-18