GREEN DOG DESIGN AND CONSULTANCY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC631312 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-23

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£-3.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Book publishing

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62020Information technology consultancy activities
71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

13 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £3,694

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,713 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£4k

↓ 222% YoY

Current Assets

£0

↓ 100% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£-294	£3.0k
Current assets	£0	£2.6k
Net assets	£-3.7k	£3.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2025-07-25
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2024-07-25
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2023-06-22
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accounts · AA
2022-07-30
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2021-05-22
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2020-05-19
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2019-05-23
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Company incorporated
As GREEN DOG DESIGN AND CONSULTANCY LTD
2019-05-23
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DOUGLAS, Stephen Leslie appointed
director
2019-05-23
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DOUGLAS, Yvonne Rhoda appointed
director
2019-05-23
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Yvonne Rhoda Douglas Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	23/05/2019
Mr Stephen Leslie Douglas Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	23/05/2019

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

Incorporated2019-05-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

8 Burnside Gardens

Carnoustie

DD7 7DJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Stephen Leslie→

director · ~70y · appointed 2019-05-23

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DOUGLAS, Yvonne Rhoda→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-05-23

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