EBEN CARE AND SUPPORT LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC623607 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-08
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
£4.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 87200Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
  • 87300Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (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). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,343
Cash draining
Cash down 79% YoY
Cash YoY
-79%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£942
↓ 79% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↑ 186% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£17k£34k£51k£69k£86kMar 2023Mar 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-03-312023-03-31
Total assets£12.3k£14.5k
Current assets£85.8k£30.0k
Cash£942£4.5k
Debtors£84.9k£25.5k
Net assets£4.3k£2.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-13
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-03-12
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2023-12-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-04-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2022-04-01
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  13. 2022-03-01
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2021-04-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EBEN CARE AND SUPPORT LTD
  17. 2019-03-08
    KADZIMU, James appointed
    director
  18. 2019-03-08
    📄
    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 7 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: 2025-12-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Kadzimu
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/03/2019

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
Incorporated2019-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

20 Grampian Court
Beveridge Square
Livingston
EH54 6QF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-12-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KADZIMU, James
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-03-08
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Recent filings (23 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-03-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-23
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-04-08