ALLNEEDS RECRUITMENT COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC195044 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-07

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£367

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Temporary employment agency activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -75% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 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 £367

Net assets shrinking

Down £64,891 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 75% YoY

Cash YoY

-75%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£29k

↓ 75% YoY

Net Worth

£367

↓ 99% YoY

Current Assets

£143k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£86.2k	£170.4k
Current assets	£142.5k	£202.2k
Cash	£29.1k	£116.0k
Debtors	£113.5k	£86.2k
Net assets	£367	£65.3k

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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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2024-03-05
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2022-12-07
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2021-12-29
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2020-06-24
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2020-01-16
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2018-05-31
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2017-08-02
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2016-06-21
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2016-04-26
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2016-01-15
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2016-01-13
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2016-01-13
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2015-08-06
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OGG, James resigned
secretary
2015-08-06
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OGG, James resigned
director
2015-04-27
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1999-04-07
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Company incorporated
As ALLNEEDS RECRUITMENT COMPANY LIMITED
1999-04-07
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HUNTER, Deborah Jean appointed
director
1999-04-07
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OGG, James appointed
secretary
1999-04-07
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-04-07
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-04-07
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OGG, James appointed
director
1999-04-07
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-04-07
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Ms Deborah Jean Hunter Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-04-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC78200 — Temporary employment agency activities

Registered office

G1 Apl Centre

Stevenston Industrial Estate

Stevenston

Ayrshire

KA20 3LR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-04

Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

HUNTER, Deborah Jean→

director · ~58y · appointed 1999-04-07

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Active

OGG, James→

secretary · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 2015-08-06

Resigned

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 1999-04-07

Resigned

OGG, James→

director · ~72y · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 2015-08-06

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-07 · resigned 1999-04-07

Resigned

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