EIBYY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC420459 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-27
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
    ➖
    RICE, Sharon Mary resigned
    secretary
  2. 2025-12-09
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-12-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-01-28
    ➖
    RICE, Neil Richard resigned
    director
  7. 2025-01-28
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-16
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2020-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-02-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-04-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  18. 2019-04-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-09-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
  21. 2013-12-01
    ➕
    RICE, Sharon Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2013-10-02
    ➕
    RICE, Neil Richard appointed
    director
  23. 2013-10-01
    ➖
    HAINES, George resigned
    director
  24. 2013-04-06
    ➕
    RICE, Sharon Mary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2012-03-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EIBYY LIMITED
  26. 2012-03-27
    ➕
    HAINES, George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
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 12 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sharon Mary Rice
Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Neil Richard Riceceased 09/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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7 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-03-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

35 King Street
Castle Douglas
DG7 1AA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

RICE, Sharon Mary→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-12-01
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Active
RICE, Sharon Mary→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-06 · resigned 2025-12-09
Resigned
HAINES, George→
director · ~82y · appointed 2012-03-27 · resigned 2013-10-01
Resigned
RICE, Neil Richard→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-10-02 · resigned 2025-01-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cambridge & Counties
Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property18/09/2015—
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Recent filings (47 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09