DARULIFTA SCOTLAND LTD

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SC547559 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2016-10-12
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: medium (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DARULIFTA SCOTLAND LTD
  13. 2016-10-12
    IQBAL, Zoheeb appointed
    director
  14. 2016-10-12
    📄
    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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-07-08: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Zoheeb Iqbal
Individual · British · DOB 01/1992 · age 34
75–100%75-100% voting12/10/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2016-10-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

365 Victoria Road
Glasgow
G42 8YZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

IQBAL, Zoheeb
director · ~34y · appointed 2016-10-12
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-07