INSIDEOUT BY DESIGN LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC622181 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-22

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). 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: medium (78/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-03-06
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2026-02-26
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officers · CH01
2026-02-26
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officers · CH01
2026-02-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-16
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accounts · AA
2024-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-09-06
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accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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address · AD01
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-10-14
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officers · CH01
2021-10-14
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2021-10-11
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2021-10-11
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accounts · AA
2020-12-23
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2019-11-27
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address · AD01
2019-05-13
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2019-02-22
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Company incorporated
As INSIDEOUT BY DESIGN LTD
2019-02-22
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XXX, J appointed
director
2019-02-22
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms J Xxx Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	22/02/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-02-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

25 Keith-Hall Road

Inverurie

Aberdeenshire

AB51 3UA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

XXX, J→

director · ~70y · appointed 2019-02-22

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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-26

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-10-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-09-06

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-08-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-25

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2021-10-14