KANDOO SCOTLAND LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC437883 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-29
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£-6.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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 (79/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,302
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
-£6k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£11k-£8k-£5k-£2k£2k£5kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-6.3k£2.9k
Current assets£4.8k£4.0k
Cash£2.9k£2.1k
Debtors£1.9k£1.9k
Net assets£-6.3k£-11.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  2. 2025-12-15
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    O'NEILL, Elaine resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-18
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  4. 2024-08-27
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  5. 2023-08-19
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  6. 2022-11-29
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  7. 2021-11-30
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  8. 2020-11-30
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  9. 2019-06-15
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  10. 2018-05-25
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  11. 2018-05-14
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  12. 2018-05-14
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  13. 2018-04-06
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    O'NEILL, Elaine appointed
    director
  14. 2018-01-15
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  15. 2017-12-06
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  16. 2017-12-06
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  17. 2017-03-08
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  18. 2012-11-29
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    Company incorporated
    As KANDOO SCOTLAND LTD
  19. 2012-11-29
    ➕
    O'NEILL, James 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James O'Neill
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James O'Neillceased 29/11/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr James O'Neillceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2012-11-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

65 Union Place
Brightons
Falkirk
FK2 0FG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

O'NEILL, James→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-11-29
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Active
O'NEILL, Elaine→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-04-06 · resigned 2025-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
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accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-15