DRUMMAWHANDIE CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC530986 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-30
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 Mar 2024
Net worth
£7.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
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
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,466

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 1146% YoY
Current Assets
£184k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£37k£74k£110k£147k£184kMar 2023Mar 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-03-312023-03-31
Total assets£27.8k£24.0k
Current assets£183.9k£137.0k
Net assets£7.5k£599

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2023-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2020-03-14
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  10. 2020-02-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DRUMMAWHANDIE CONSULTING LIMITED
  14. 2016-03-30
    HARROW, Craig Thomas Alexander appointed
    director
  15. 2016-03-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Thomas Alexander Harrow
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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9 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
Incorporated2016-03-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

3 Beaufort Road
Edinburgh
EH9 1AG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HARROW, Craig Thomas Alexander
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-03-30
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20