STEPS TO BRAVE TALKING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC691358 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-05
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
£-55
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £55

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
Net Worth
-£55
Current Assets
£22k
Current Liabilities
-£55£4k£9k£13k£18k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-55
Current assets£22.4k
Cash£21.9k
Debtors£441
Net assets£-55

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

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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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2025-07-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-07-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As STEPS TO BRAVE TALKING LIMITED
  9. 2021-03-05
    BIAVATI, Anna Clorinda appointed
    director
  10. 2021-03-05
    📄
    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 5 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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-21: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Anna Clorinda Biavati
Individual · Italian,British · DOB 11/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/03/2021

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
Incorporated2021-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

9a Bankhead Medway
Edinburgh
EH11 4BY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BIAVATI, Anna Clorinda
director · ~53y · appointed 2021-03-05
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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-03-05