ICADD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC637590 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-01
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
  • · Opportunity score: 68 → 76
  • · Hygiene score: 80 → 90
  • · PSC count: 0 → 1
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • Deal-killer verdict: complicatedworkable
  • Opportunity score: 6876
  • Hygiene score: 8090
  • PSC count: 01
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
£218.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

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
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £218,827
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£245k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Net Worth
£219k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£251k
↑ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£50k£100k£150k£201k£251kAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£218.8k£196.2k£158.6k
Current assets£250.8k£231.5k£193.1k
Cash£244.5k£225.2k£180.8k
Debtors£6.2k£6.3k£12.3k
Net assets£218.8k£196.2k£158.6k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ICADD LIMITED
  8. 2019-08-01
    ABERCROMBIE, Mark John appointed
    director
  9. 2019-08-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark John Abercrombie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/08/2019

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
Incorporated2019-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ABERCROMBIE, Mark John
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-08-01
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-08-01