PRACTICAL VENTURES LIMITED

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SC394547 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-4.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 90020Support activities to performing arts
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £4,695

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 141% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
Current Liabilities
—
-£5k-£3k-£1k£584£2k£4kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-4.7k£-1.9k
Current assets£4.1k£0
Net assets£-4.7k£-1.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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  2. 2024-12-31
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  3. 2023-12-31
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  4. 2022-12-31
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  5. 2022-01-01
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  6. 2020-12-31
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  7. 2020-04-21
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  8. 2020-03-11
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    address · AD01
  9. 2019-12-31
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  10. 2018-12-30
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  11. 2017-12-31
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  12. 2016-12-31
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  13. 2016-03-31
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  14. 2015-12-31
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  15. 2015-03-16
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  16. 2011-03-02
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    Company incorporated
    As PRACTICAL VENTURES LIMITED
  17. 2011-03-02
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    EBOJI, Mesack appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
Incorporated2011-03-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62011 — Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development

Registered office

21 Abercorn Court
Paisley Drive
Edinburgh
EH8 7LP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

EBOJI, Mesack→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-03-02
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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-03-11