ARRIBA OF STORNOWAY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC509814 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-01

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 steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£6.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (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

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

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 £6,468

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£6k

↑ 83% YoY

Current Assets

£50k

↓ 9.6% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£6.5k	£3.5k
Current assets	£49.6k	£54.8k
Net assets	£6.5k	£3.5k

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-05
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2015-07-01
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Company incorporated
As ARRIBA OF STORNOWAY LIMITED
2015-07-01
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MACAULAY, Amy Veronica appointed
director
2015-07-01
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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
Mrs Amy Veronica Macaulay Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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7 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

Incorporated2015-07-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

63 Kenneth Street

Stornoway

Isle Of Lewis

HS1 2DS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MACAULAY, Amy Veronica→

director · ~60y · appointed 2015-07-01

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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-04-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-05-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2019-07-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-07-11

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

officers · CH01

2019-07-09