ALL IN ONE HOME IMPROVEMENTS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC480900 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-26

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 opening · high confidence

More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

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

Opportunity decay

softening · 6-months

Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.

· 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

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

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

69/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

69/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

2026-03-27
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2025-01-04
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2024-03-18
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2023-03-15
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accounts · AA
2022-03-15
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accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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address · AD01
2021-11-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-24
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accounts · AA
2020-03-17
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2019-03-29
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2018-03-31
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accounts · AA
2017-07-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-03-14
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accounts · AA
2016-11-28
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address · AD01
2016-08-22
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2016-03-24
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accounts · AA
2014-06-26
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Company incorporated
As ALL IN ONE HOME IMPROVEMENTS LTD
2014-06-26
➕
MARTIN, David Lawson Phillips appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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 76 — 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

83/100

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 76 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.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-10

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Lawson Phillips Martin Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	07/07/2017

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

Incorporated2014-06-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

C/O Taxkings Limited, 4th Floor

176 Bath Street

Glasgow

G2 4HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-10OVERDUE

Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MARTIN, David Lawson Phillips→

director · ~76y · appointed 2014-06-26

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Recent filings (27 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-07

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

accounts · AA

2025-01-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-01

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

accounts · AA

2024-03-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-10

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

accounts · AA

2023-03-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-13

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

accounts · AA

2022-03-15

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

address · AD01

2021-11-26

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

address · AD01

2021-11-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-15

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

accounts · AA

2020-09-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-14

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

accounts · AA

2020-03-17