PEMBRA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC808865 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-30
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
59/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 14190SIC 14190
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. 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: medium (55/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
59/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 address
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 address
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-04-01
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2026-03-31
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2026-02-25
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-05-02
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-05-02
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2025-05-02
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PEMBRA LTD
  9. 2024-04-30
    LEISK, Nicola appointed
    secretary
  10. 2024-04-30
    LEISK, Nicola Anne appointed
    director
  11. 2024-04-30
    📄
    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

1 high · 1 low
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: 2026-01-31

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nicola Anne Leisk
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1984 · age 42
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC14120 — SIC 14120

Registered office

66 Corndavon Terrace
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB16 5PD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-01-31OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LEISK, Nicola
secretary · appointed 2024-04-30
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Active
LEISK, Nicola Anne
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-30
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-06
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-30