UISTEACH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC161857 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-24

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

£40.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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 £40,197

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£40k

Current Assets

£90

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	£69.3k	—
Current assets	£90	—
Net assets	£40.2k	—

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2025-08-05
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2024-08-08
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2023-07-25
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2022-07-30
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accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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accounts · AA
2020-08-05
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2019-08-15
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accounts · AA
2018-07-27
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accounts · AA
2017-08-30
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accounts · AA
2016-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-08-31
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accounts · AA
2014-12-11
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annual-return · AR01
2014-08-31
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accounts · AA
1995-12-08
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MUIR, Catherine Mary appointed
secretary
1995-12-08
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MUIR, Andrew David appointed
director
1995-12-08
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KEITH, John Leonard resigned
secretary
1995-12-08
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PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD resigned
corporate-director
1995-11-24
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Company incorporated
As UISTEACH LIMITED
1995-11-24
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KEITH, John Leonard appointed
secretary
1995-11-24
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PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD appointed
corporate-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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew David Muir Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Catherine Mary Muir Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated1995-11-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 2

Balivanich

Benbecula

Western Isles

HS7 5LT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MUIR, Catherine Mary→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-08

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Active

MUIR, Andrew David→

director · ~78y · appointed 1995-12-08

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Active

KEITH, John Leonard→

secretary · appointed 1995-11-24 · resigned 1995-12-08

Resigned

PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS & SEARCHES LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 1995-11-24 · resigned 1995-12-08

Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-29