YOUR NEXT HOME LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC500082 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-10

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 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

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£156

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

£1k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31
Current assets	£1.1k
Cash	£156
Debtors	£926

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2026-03-24
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accounts · AA01
2025-05-06
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accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-04
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accounts · AA
2020-05-29
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accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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accounts · AA
2018-06-15
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accounts · AA
2017-08-18
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address · AD01
2017-07-15
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mortgage · MR01
2017-07-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
2017-07-08
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mortgage · MR01
2017-07-01
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gazette · DISS40
2017-06-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
2017-01-27
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OLIVA, Ian Joseph resigned
director
2015-03-10
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Company incorporated
As YOUR NEXT HOME LTD
2015-03-10
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MCLENNAN, David appointed
director
2015-03-10
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OLIVA, Ian Joseph 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

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
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 David Mclennan Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	10/03/2017

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

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-03-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

3 Beaufort Road

Edinburgh

EH9 1AG

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-08

Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCLENNAN, David→

director · ~66y · appointed 2015-03-10

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Active

OLIVA, Ian Joseph→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-03-10 · resigned 2017-01-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	10/07/2017	—
	outstanding	Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	30/06/2017	—

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Recent filings (33 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-03-31

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-04

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

accounts · AA

2025-05-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-07

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

address · AD01

2024-05-07

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

officers · CH01

2024-05-03

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

accounts · AA

2024-02-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-23

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

accounts · AA

2023-04-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-22

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

accounts · AA

2022-04-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-14

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

accounts · AA

2021-08-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-10