INNESWICK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC138565 · ltd · incorporated 1992-05-28

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£1.05M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Travel agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,047,451

Net assets shrinking

Down £69,772 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 80% YoY

Cash YoY

-80%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£36k

↓ 80% YoY

Net Worth

£1.0m

↓ 6.2% YoY

Current Assets

£1.0m

↓ 6.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£1.05M	£1.12M
Current assets	£1.05M	£1.12M
Cash	£35.8k	£176.9k
Debtors	£141.5k	£71.5k
Net assets	£1.05M	£1.12M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2023-09-25
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2022-09-05
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2021-10-08
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2020-12-17
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2019-10-30
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2018-08-29
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2017-08-22
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2016-07-28
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2016-06-03
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2015-09-16
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2015-07-01
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2014-09-02
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2014-06-03
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2013-07-03
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2008-09-12
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INNES, Elizabeth appointed
director
2008-09-12
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INNES, Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2008-09-12
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INNES, John resigned
director
1992-05-28
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Company incorporated
As INNESWICK LIMITED
1992-05-28
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INNES, Elizabeth appointed
secretary
1992-05-28
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-05-28
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-05-28
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INNES, John appointed
director
1992-05-28
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1992-05-28
➖
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "INNES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Elizabeth Innes Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1992-05-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

Lyndene

4 Hill Avenue

Wick

Caithness

KW1 4DW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-11

Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

INNES, Elizabeth→

director · ~80y · appointed 2008-09-12

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Active

INNES, Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 1992-05-28 · resigned 2008-09-12

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-05-28 · resigned 1992-05-28

Resigned

INNES, John→

director · ~78y · appointed 1992-05-28 · resigned 2008-09-12

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-05-28 · resigned 1992-05-28

Resigned

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