DESIGN YOUR LIFESTYLE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC600091 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-15

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-13
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accounts · AA
2025-03-11
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accounts · AA
2024-07-15
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2024-07-15
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2024-07-15
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officers · CH01
2024-07-15
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officers · CH01
2024-07-15
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officers · CH01
2024-07-01
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officers · CH01
2024-07-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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2022-12-14
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2022-09-21
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2022-09-01
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MEMON, Suraya appointed
director
2022-09-01
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officers · AP01
2022-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-26
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2021-10-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-26
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address · AD01
2021-10-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-08-15
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DAVIES, Barry appointed
director
2018-08-15
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EVANS, Kathryn Elizabeth appointed
director
2018-06-15
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Company incorporated
As DESIGN YOUR LIFESTYLE LTD
2018-06-15
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EVANS, Dennis appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Suraya Memon Individual · British · DOB 11/1984 · age 42	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	12/12/2022
Kathryn Evans Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	15/08/2018
Mr Dennis Evans Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	15/06/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Barry Daviesceased 12/12/2022· 25-50% shares
Mrs Linda Daviesceased 01/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2018-06-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

10 Abbey Park Place

Dunfermline

Fife

KY12 7NZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Barry→

director · ~61y · appointed 2018-08-15

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Active

EVANS, Dennis→

director · ~72y · appointed 2018-06-15

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Active

EVANS, Kathryn Elizabeth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2018-08-15

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Active

MEMON, Suraya→

director · ~42y · appointed 2022-09-01

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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-03-11

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-07-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-07-15