INTERMOBILE SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC532181 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-11
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-13.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,475

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£13k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 161% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£13k-£10k-£7k-£4k-£931£2kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-13.5k£-9.4k
Current assets£2.2k£846
Cash£250
Debtors£596
Net assets£-13.5k£-9.4k

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

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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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As INTERMOBILE SOLUTIONS LTD
  13. 2016-04-11
    PENTLAND, Alan Stewart appointed
    director
  14. 2016-04-11
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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 68 — 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

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mr Alan Stewart Pentland
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
75100%
75-100% shares06/03/2017

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
Incorporated2016-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

C/O Ontax Accountants Ltd Unit 4, Dewar House
Carnegie Campus, Enterprise Way
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8PY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PENTLAND, Alan Stewart
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-04-11
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-02