ANALYSIS LOGIC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC482412 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-17
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£7.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26400
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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, 3 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,379

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£7k
Current Assets
£9k
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£3k£5k£7k£9kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£8.2k
Current assets£8.7k
Net assets£7.4k
Average employees100

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-17
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-14
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ANALYSIS LOGIC LIMITED
  15. 2014-07-17
    PETRIE, Scott appointed
    director
  16. 2014-07-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Scott Petrie
Individual · British · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence17/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26400 — SIC 26400

Registered office

17 Anderson Drive
Aberdeen
AB15 4ST
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PETRIE, Scott
director · ~57y · appointed 2014-07-17
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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-21