THE DITSY TEACUP LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC606785 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-30
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 2 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Filings: 24 → 25
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 1 improved, 1 worsened.

  • ↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • ↑Filings: 24 → 25
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-4.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,822
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,315 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 293% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k-£1k£12k£24k£37k£50kAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£12.9k£32.1k£10.9k
Current assets£33.2k£49.9k£40.2k
Cash——£3.5k
Debtors——£36.7k
Net assets£-4.8k£2.5k£-13.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-18
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  10. 2020-12-18
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  11. 2020-12-18
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-12-18
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-12-18
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  14. 2020-12-18
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  15. 2020-05-05
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2019-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-11-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2018-11-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2018-08-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE DITSY TEACUP LTD
  21. 2018-08-30
    ➕
    SCOTT, Laura appointed
    director
  22. 2018-08-30
    ➕
    SCOTT, Leigh Harry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Leigh Harry Scott
Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/08/2018
Mrs Laura Scott
Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/08/2018

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
Incorporated2018-08-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

26 Thunderton Place
Elgin
IV30 1BG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SCOTT, Laura→
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-08-30
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Active
SCOTT, Leigh Harry→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-08-30
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—05/11/2018—
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Recent filings (26 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-18