OKUZO LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC674743 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-18
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 opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 4 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 50
  • · Bankability: 75 → 55
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 72 → 62
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 4 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • Deal-killer verdict: cleancomplicated
  • Opportunity score: 7262
  • Hygiene score: 9050
  • Bankability: 7555
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoidspeculative
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2020-09-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OKUZO LIMITED
  6. 2020-09-18
    MACKENZIE, Charles James Beaumont appointed
    director
  7. 2020-09-18
    MACKENZIE, Max Ferdinand Beaumont appointed
    director
  8. 2020-09-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 6 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

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: 2026-06-30

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles James Beaumont Mackenzie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1992 · age 34
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/09/2020

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
Incorporated2020-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

17/1 Silvermills Court
Edinburgh
EH3 5DG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACKENZIE, Charles James Beaumont
director · ~34y · appointed 2020-09-18
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MACKENZIE, Max Ferdinand Beaumont
director · ~27y · appointed 2020-09-18
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-09-18