10 DOLLAR SHAKE LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC415138 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-20

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

£227.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (79/100)

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 (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

39 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £227,518

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£228k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Assets

£133k

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£286.3k	£275.4k
Current assets	£132.5k	£158.0k
Net assets	£227.5k	£174.6k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-05-30
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accounts · AA
2024-04-21
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accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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officers · CH01
2023-04-11
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accounts · AA
2022-04-20
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accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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officers · TM01
2020-12-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-20
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SAMWAYS, Andrew Peter Robin resigned
director
2020-05-31
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accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-06-04
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accounts · AA
2017-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-20
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2012-01-20
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Company incorporated
As 10 DOLLAR SHAKE LTD
2012-01-20
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GOMES, Adrian Joseph appointed
director
2012-01-20
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JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE appointed
corporate-secretary
2012-01-20
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JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE resigned
corporate-secretary
2012-01-20
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MILLER, Innes Richard appointed
director
2012-01-20
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MILLER, Innes Richard resigned
director
2012-01-20
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SAMWAYS, Andrew Peter Robin appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100

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 14 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adrian Joseph Gomes Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Andrew Peter Robin Samwaysceased 20/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2012-01-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

The Tippling House

4 Belmont Street

Aberdeen

AB10 1JE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-24

Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

GOMES, Adrian Joseph→

director · ~47y · appointed 2012-01-20

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Active

JAMES AND GEORGE COLLIE→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-01-20 · resigned 2012-01-20

Resigned

MILLER, Innes Richard→

director · ~66y · appointed 2012-01-20 · resigned 2012-01-20

Resigned

SAMWAYS, Andrew Peter Robin→

director · ~46y · appointed 2012-01-20 · resigned 2020-07-20

Resigned

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