HOLMSANDMORESBY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC812572 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-04
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Hygiene score: 50 → 20
  • · Opportunity score: 60 → 48
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 4 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Opportunity score: 6048
  • Hygiene score: 5020
  • Bankability: 4540
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
48/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46150
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 48/100 (watch), bankability 40/100. 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). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (25/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
No filing history
0
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
48/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
70
Good data coverage for analysis.
Corporate timeline (1 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-06-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HOLMSANDMORESBY LIMITED

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

2 high ·
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: 2026-03-04

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-17

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46150 — SIC 46150

Registered office

36 Lochter Drive
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 6BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-04OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-03