TAYSIDE SCAFFOLD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC436772 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-13

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

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£70.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Scaffold erection

Sector: Construction

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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 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

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £70,892

Cash YoY

+168%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↑ 168% YoY

Net Worth

£71k

↑ 25219% YoY

Current Assets

£82k

↑ 106% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£138.8k	£38.0k
Current assets	£82.4k	£40.1k
Cash	£9.1k	£3.4k
Debtors	£73.4k	£36.7k
Net assets	£70.9k	£280

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.

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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 (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-02
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HAY, Leigh, Mrs. resigned
director
2022-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-03
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accounts · AAMD
2020-07-03
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2020-04-01
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gazette · DISS40
2020-03-31
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gazette · GAZ1
2020-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-16
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-07-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-07-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-01-01
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HAY, Leigh, Mrs. appointed
director
2014-11-13
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MITCHELL, Derek resigned
director
2012-11-13
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Company incorporated
As TAYSIDE SCAFFOLD LIMITED
2012-11-13
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HAY, Kerr appointed
director
2012-11-13
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MITCHELL, Derek 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 13 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 Kerr Hay Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1976 · age 50	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Incorporated2012-11-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

58 Long Lane

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 1HH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-15

Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HAY, Kerr→

director · ~50y · appointed 2012-11-13

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Active

HAY, Leigh, Mrs.→

director · ~49y · appointed 2018-01-01 · resigned 2022-05-02

Resigned

MITCHELL, Derek→

director · ~72y · appointed 2012-11-13 · resigned 2014-11-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-01-16

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-01

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

accounts · AA

2025-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-13

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

accounts · AA

2024-01-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-09

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

accounts · AA

2023-04-28

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-03-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-03-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-03-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-05

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

accounts · AA

2022-02-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-10

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

accounts · AA

2021-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-21