TIN DISCO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC478377 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-27

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£691.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Performing arts

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 73/100 (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: 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

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

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

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 £691,442

Cash YoY

+22%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£575k

↑ 22% YoY

Net Worth

£691k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£579k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£691.6k	£598.3k
Current assets	£578.5k	£472.9k
Cash	£574.9k	£469.5k
Debtors	£3.6k	£3.4k
Net assets	£691.4k	£598.3k

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 (18 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-08
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-27
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Company incorporated
As TIN DISCO LIMITED
2014-05-27
➕
CLARKE, Desmond Martin appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Desmond Martin Clarke Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-05-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90010 — Performing arts

Registered office

48 West George Street

Clyde Offices, 2nd Floor

Glasgow

G2 1BP

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-10

Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CLARKE, Desmond Martin→

director · ~45y · appointed 2014-05-27

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Active

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-01-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-01-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-02-01

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-10-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2023-02-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2022-02-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-02-23

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2020-12-04

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2020-12-04