BUY DIAMOND TOOLS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC376638 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-12
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2016-11-29
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    PUGH, Christopher Edward resigned
    director
  14. 2016-11-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-04-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BUY DIAMOND TOOLS LIMITED
  18. 2010-04-12
    ➕
    CLARK, John appointed
    director
  19. 2010-04-12
    ➕
    PUGH, Christopher Edward 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Clark
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

The Steadings Leigh Of Rossie
Whitemoss Road
Dunning
Perthshire
PH2 0QY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CLARK, John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-04-12
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Active
PUGH, Christopher Edward→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-04-12 · resigned 2016-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-27