LIVVIS DUNKELD LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC813101 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-8.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,706

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
Net Worth
-£9k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-8.7k
Current assets£9.4k
Cash£7.3k
Debtors£2.1k
Net assets£-8.7k

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
2
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-11
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2024-10-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-10-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-06-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LIVVIS DUNKELD LTD
  7. 2024-06-10
    MCDERMID, Heather appointed
    director
  8. 2024-06-10
    📄
    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 1.9 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 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-31: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-09-11: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Heather Mcdermid
Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

2 Marshall Place
Perth
Perth
Perthshire
PH2 8AH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCDERMID, Heather
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-06-10
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Recent filings (8 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-10