DSE SCOTLAND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC436246 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-06

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

£2.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (79/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 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

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,146

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,120 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 70% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£3.8k	£7.3k
Current assets	£10.8k	£10.9k
Net assets	£2.1k	£7.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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2025-05-26
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2024-03-28
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2023-05-24
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accounts · AA
2022-10-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-09
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accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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accounts · AA
2020-07-14
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2019-02-21
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2018-08-28
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2017-10-30
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2017-10-30
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officers · TM01
2017-08-07
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accounts · AA
2016-07-22
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2016-01-01
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CAMERON, Rona Jane resigned
director
2015-11-09
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2012-11-06
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Company incorporated
As DSE SCOTLAND LIMITED
2012-11-06
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CAMERON, Neal John appointed
director
2012-11-06
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CAMERON, Rona Jane 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 14 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Neal John Cameron Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Rona Jane Cameronceased 01/05/2016· 25-50% shares

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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-11-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

23 Maitland Road

Kirkliston

Edinburgh

EH29 9AR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CAMERON, Neal John→

director · ~53y · appointed 2012-11-06

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Active

CAMERON, Rona Jane→

director · ~52y · appointed 2012-11-06 · resigned 2016-01-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-18

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

accounts · AA

2023-05-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-10-21

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

accounts · AA

2022-03-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-27

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

accounts · AA

2021-03-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-17

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

accounts · AA

2020-07-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-16