DEGENERATE CAPITAL LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC692447 · ltd · incorporated 2021-03-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 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 (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
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 £1,791
Net assets shrinking
Down £109 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.8k£1.9k
Current assets£2.7k£7.0k
Net assets£1.8k£1.9k

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 (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-12-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-07-09
    ➕
    LUCAS, Elisabeth Mary appointed
    director
  11. 2021-07-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-07-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As DEGENERATE CAPITAL LIMITED
  15. 2021-03-16
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Andrew Liam appointed
    director
  16. 2021-03-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Liam Macdonald
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1991 · age 35
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/03/2021
Miss Elisabeth Mary Lucas
Individual · British · DOB 06/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/07/2021

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
Incorporated2021-03-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Cuansiar
Eriskay
Isle Of South Uist
HS8 5JL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LUCAS, Elisabeth Mary→
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-07-09
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Active
MACDONALD, Andrew Liam→
director · ~35y · appointed 2021-03-16
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-22