D70 LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC807670 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-19
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
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-3.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,550

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£4k
Current Assets
£1.5m
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£-3.5k
Current assets£1.53M
Net assets£-3.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-10-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-10-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-05-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-05-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2024-04-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-04-19
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    Company incorporated
    As D70 LIMITED
  12. 2024-04-19
    FLOCKHART, Stuart John appointed
    director
  13. 2024-04-19
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    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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

clean
No 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stuart John Flockhart
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
2550%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/04/2024
Louise Linda Kerr
Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44
2550%
25-50% shares23/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Pamela Margaret Flockhartceased 19/04/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-04-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Johnston Carmichael
7-11 Melville Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7PE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FLOCKHART, Stuart John
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-04-19
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Recent filings (13 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-19