DRUNZIETEK LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC385950 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-24
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (76/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
32 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees0100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-26
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-07-13
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-29
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  13. 2015-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-09-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-09-24
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    Company incorporated
    As DRUNZIETEK LTD
  17. 2010-09-24
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    ESPARON, Janet Audrey appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-09-24
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    ESPARON, Louis Bernard Timothe appointed
    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 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 72 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
Mr Louis Bernard Timothe Esparon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-09-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Takamaka Drunzie
Glenfarg
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 9PE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ESPARON, Janet Audrey→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-24
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Active
ESPARON, Louis Bernard Timothe→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-09-24
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-02