HOOSE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC521444 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-30
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£108.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47510
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47530Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
  • 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £108,157

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£108k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£23k£47k£70k£94k£117kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£108.2k£97.0k
Current assets£104.5k£117.3k
Net assets£108.2k£97.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-03-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-03-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-12-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2015-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As HOOSE (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  16. 2015-11-30
    HARVEY, Karen appointed
    director
  17. 2015-11-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Karen Harvey
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
75100%
75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510

Registered office

Pavilion 2 Finnieston Business Park
Minerva Way
Glasgow
G3 8AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HARVEY, Karen
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-11-30
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07