DJ MARTIN (AT) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC474745 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-08

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 closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Opportunity score: 69 → 78
· Bankability: 65 → 75
· Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 69 → 78
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
↑Filings: 23 → 24
·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£176.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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: high (86/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 £176,439

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£176k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£267k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30	2023-04-30
Total assets	£176.4k	£152.3k	£144.4k
Current assets	£266.9k	£209.7k	£239.4k
Net assets	£176.4k	£152.3k	£144.4k

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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2025-04-29
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2024-04-23
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2023-01-30
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2022-01-31
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2021-03-12
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2020-01-30
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2019-01-02
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2018-01-31
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2017-01-08
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2016-05-13
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2015-12-16
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2015-04-19
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annual-return · AR01
2014-04-08
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Company incorporated
As DJ MARTIN (AT) LIMITED
2014-04-08
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MARTIN, Douglas John appointed
director
2014-04-08
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MARTIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Douglas John Martin Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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8 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

Incorporated2014-04-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

40/42 Brantwood Avenue

Dundee

DD3 6EW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-22

Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MARTIN, Douglas John→

director · ~70y · appointed 2014-04-08

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-01-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-03-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-04-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-01-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-05-08