OUT & BACK LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC800336 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-23
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-10.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,483
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£10k
Current Assets
£147k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £63.0k |
| Current assets | £146.7k |
| Net assets | £-10.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
- 2026-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-01-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ifs - Smaller Loans LP (LP023364) Acting by Its General Partner Dsl Ifs Smaller Loans Gp LTD (SC781857)
- 2024-05-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-30➕TAYLOR, David George appointeddirector
- 2024-04-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs OUT & BACK LTD
- 2024-02-23➕LINDIE, Thomas Albert appointeddirector
- 2024-02-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David George Taylor Individual · British · DOB 05/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 16/05/2024 |
Mr Thomas Albert Lindie Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 23/02/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-02-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Registered office
45 The Green
Aberdeen
AB11 6NY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
LINDIE, Thomas Albert→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2024-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TAYLOR, David George→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2024-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ifs - Smaller Loans LP (LP023364) Acting by Its General Partner Dsl Ifs Smaller Loans Gp (SC781857) Ifs - Smaller Loans LP (LP023364) Acting by Its General Partner Dsl Ifs Smaller Loans Gp LTD (SC781857) | A registered charge | — | 07/11/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (11 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-23