MODA DEA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC381908 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-13
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£35k-£24k-£12k-£249£11k£23kJul 2023Jul 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets—£-25.7k
Current assets—£23.0k
Cash—£522
Debtors—£3.5k
Net assets—£-35.1k
Average employees1—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-01
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-10
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  4. 2025-09-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-24
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-07-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MODA DEA LIMITED
  17. 2010-07-13
    ➕
    MCINALLY, Rosemarie appointed
    director
  18. 2010-07-13
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2010-07-13
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2010-07-13
    ➕
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-13
    ➖
    MCMEEKIN, James Stuart resigned
    director
  22. 2010-07-13
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2010-07-13
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mrs Rosemarie Mcinally
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
OATLANDS SCOTLAND LIMITED→
SC567000 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
OBSERVER SHOP LTD→
SC507450 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
————10y——
ODR COMMERCE LTD→
SC871114 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
OFFICE & INDUSTRIAL CLEANING LTD→
SC673522 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
OFFICE DIRECT SCOTLAND LTD→
SC834992 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
OGILVIE JEROME LTD→
SC587087 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————8y——
ONLY HUMAN (RITES) LTD→
SC390002 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————15y——
OPENGATE REAL ESTATE LIMITED→
SC844584 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
OSWAL ENTERPRISES LTD→
SC599903 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
PAISLEY BARBERS LTD→
SC555463 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————9y——
PAISLEY FUNERAL SERVICES LTD→
SC620208 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————7y——
PAMM INVESTMENTS LIMITED→
SC696161 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6th Floor Gordon Chambers
90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MCINALLY, Rosemarie→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-07-13 · resigned 2010-07-13
Resigned
MCMEEKIN, James Stuart→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-07-13 · resigned 2010-07-13
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-07-13 · resigned 2010-07-13
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (40 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-10-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-27