INVESTMENT ST LTD
💤Zombieactive
SC671769 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-24
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 2025
Net worth
£-4.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed property-backed borrower — 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. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.2y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £4,804
Cash YoY
+14140%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£712
↑ 14140% YoY
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 1603% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £308.6k | £-4.0k |
| Current assets | £3.7k | £218 |
| Cash | £712 | £5 |
| Debtors | £3.0k | £213 |
| Net assets | £-4.8k | £-4.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-26➖LANG, Tracey Alexis resigneddirector
- 2023-12-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-30📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-01-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-01-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-20➕DYER, Samuel Richard appointeddirector
- 2022-04-11➖DYER, Samuel Richard resigneddirector
- 2022-04-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-08-24🏢Company incorporatedAs INVESTMENT ST LTD
- 2020-08-24➕DYER, Samuel Richard appointeddirector
- 2020-08-24➕LANG, Tracey Alexis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Castleblair Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Castleblair Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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INVESTMENT ST LTD
This company · SC671769
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Castleblair Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 20/01/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Miss Tracey Alexis Langceased 26/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Samuel Richard Dyerceased 11/04/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOMARNA ECOSTORE LIMITED→ SC254848 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-08-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
195 Queensferry Road
Rosyth
Dunfermline
KY11 2JH
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18
Last: 2025-06-04
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
DYER, Samuel Richard→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2023-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DYER, Samuel Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~36y · appointed 2020-08-24 · resigned 2022-04-11
LANG, Tracey Alexis→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2020-08-24 · resigned 2024-04-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 9 properties | 04/03/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (34 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-01
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25