DAR ROPE ACCESS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC487487 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-25

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 78/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,403 YoY

Cash YoY

-39%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

↓ 39% YoY

Net Worth

£100

↓ 93% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£28.3k	£10.4k
Current assets	£10.3k	£14.7k
Cash	£8.9k	£14.5k
Net assets	£100	£1.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-07-06
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2024-06-27
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accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-08-30
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-12-14
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-14
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annual-return · AR01
2014-09-25
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Company incorporated
As DAR ROPE ACCESS LIMITED
2014-09-25
➕
SAVOVA, Diana appointed
secretary
2014-09-25
➕
KISSIOV, Rossen appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Rossen Kissiov Individual · Bulgarian · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	25/09/2016
Mrs Diana Savova Individual · Bulgarian · DOB 07/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/09/2016

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

Incorporated2014-09-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

3 Drylaw House Paddock

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH4 2UF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-09

Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SAVOVA, Diana→

secretary · appointed 2014-09-25

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Active

KISSIOV, Rossen→

director · ~59y · appointed 2014-09-25

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-06-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-23

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-08-31

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-08-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-27

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-01-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-01

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2021-12-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-25