DECORIGHT LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC733109 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-20
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
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (58/100).

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-09-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-09-01
    MCINTOSH, Duncan Alexander resigned
    director
  7. 2024-05-17
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2023-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-17
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-05-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DECORIGHT LTD.
  11. 2022-05-20
    DUNN, Benjamin Luke appointed
    director
  12. 2022-05-20
    MCINTOSH, Duncan Alexander appointed
    director
  13. 2022-05-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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: 2024-05-17: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Luke Dunn
Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control20/05/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Duncan Alexander Mcintoshceased 01/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2022-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

29 Commercial Street
Dundee
DD1 3DG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DUNN, Benjamin Luke
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-05-20
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Active
MCINTOSH, Duncan Alexander
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-05-20 · resigned 2024-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-20