CENTRAL SELF STORAGE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC745735 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-28
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-33.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £33,936
Cash YoY
+54783%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↑ 54783% YoY
Net Worth
-£34k
↓ 338% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
Current Liabilities
-£34k-£24k-£14k-£4k£7k£17kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-33.9k£-7.7k
Current assets£16.7k
Cash£3.3k£6
Debtors£13.4k
Net assets£-33.9k£-7.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-27
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-03-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-10-29
    KERR, Kenzie appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-10-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-10-01
    KERR, Kenzie resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CENTRAL SELF STORAGE LIMITED
  11. 2022-09-28
    KERR, John-Paul appointed
    director
  12. 2022-09-28
    KERR, Kenzie appointed
    director
  13. 2022-09-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

2 Melville Street
Falkirk
FK1 1HZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KERR, John-Paul
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-09-28
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Active
KERR, Kenzie
director · ~21y · appointed 2023-10-29
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Active
KERR, Kenzie
director · ~21y · appointed 2022-09-28 · resigned 2022-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-09-28