DYLAN GIBSON ILLUSTRATION LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC321142 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-16

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	100

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-10
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accounts · AA
2019-12-13
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accounts · AA
2018-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-13
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-23
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accounts · AA
2015-05-11
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annual-return · AR01
2007-04-16
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Company incorporated
As DYLAN GIBSON ILLUSTRATION LTD
2007-04-16
➕
STERRETT, Ciara appointed
secretary
2007-04-16
➕
GIBSON, Dylan Brent appointed
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 "GIBSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+No director turnover: Company is 19 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mrs Ciara Marie Gibson Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 04/1980 · age 46	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2018
Mr Dylan Brent Gibson Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 08/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2007-04-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

2 James Place

Pitlochry

Perthshire

PH16 5EY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-19

Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STERRETT, Ciara→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-16

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Active

GIBSON, Dylan Brent→

director · ~50y · appointed 2007-04-16

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Active

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