IEF SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC512285 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-04

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£143.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other engineering activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 74/100 (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: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £143,664

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£144k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£165k

↑ 1.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£143.7k	£142.7k
Current assets	£164.5k	£162.6k
Net assets	£143.7k	£142.7k

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 (21 events)Click to expand

2026-03-06
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2025-04-10
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officers · TM01
2025-04-07
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WARD, Samantha Diane resigned
director
2025-03-03
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officers · CH01
2025-03-03
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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officers · CH01
2025-02-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
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officers · CH01
2024-02-08
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officers · CH01
2024-02-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
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accounts · AA
2020-11-17
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2020-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-21
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accounts · AA
2019-01-23
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accounts · AA
2015-08-04
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Company incorporated
As IEF SOLUTIONS LTD
2015-08-04
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CROMBIE, Jeffrey Elton appointed
director
2015-08-04
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WARD, Samantha Diane appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jeffery Elton Crombie Individual · New Zealander · DOB 11/1971 · age 55	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	03/08/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Miss Samantha Diane Wardceased 10/06/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

Incorporated2015-08-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

3 Prospect Place

Westhill

Aberdeenshire

AB32 6SY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-17

Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CROMBIE, Jeffrey Elton→

director · ~55y · appointed 2015-08-04

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Active

WARD, Samantha Diane→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-08-04 · resigned 2025-04-07

Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-06

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-11

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-04-10

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

officers · CH01

2025-03-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-03

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

officers · CH01

2025-02-28

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-12

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

officers · CH01

2024-02-08

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

officers · CH01

2024-02-08

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-02-08

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-17