YOURNEST LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC524683 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£221.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -59% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 6.5y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £221,695
Cash draining
Cash down 59% YoY
Cash YoY
-59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£222k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£44k£89k£133k£177k£222kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£252.1k£379.5k
Current assets£9.7k£19.9k
Cash£6.5k£16.0k
Debtors£3.2k£3.8k
Net assets£221.7k£192.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-07
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    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-03-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2025-02-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-02-06
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    Charge satisfied #2
  6. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-03-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-03-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-02-29
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    MALYON, Laurence Shaw resigned
    director
  11. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-10
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    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2019-12-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2019-12-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  19. 2019-11-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  20. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-09-30
    ➕
    MURRAY, Jacob Edward appointed
    director
  23. 2016-01-20
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    Company incorporated
    As YOURNEST LIMITED
  24. 2016-01-20
    ➕
    MALYON, Laurence Shaw 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

45/100
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.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Links Investments Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Links Investments Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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YOURNEST LIMITED
This company · SC524683

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Links Investments Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/02/2024
Mr Jacob Edward Murray
Individual · British · DOB 04/1996 · age 30
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Laurence Shaw Malyonceased 29/02/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2016-01-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Hartfield House
1 Racecourse View
Ayr
KA7 2TS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MURRAY, Jacob Edward→
director · ~30y · appointed 2016-09-30
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Active
MALYON, Laurence Shaw→
director · ~30y · appointed 2016-01-20 · resigned 2024-02-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge3 properties05/12/201906/02/2025
satisfied
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property28/11/201907/03/2025

Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-03-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-16