DMSOFORKNEY LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC810754 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-16
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
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-6.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,612

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£7k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£-6.6k
Current assets£2.0k
Net assets£-6.6k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-05-14
    ADAMS, Daniel James resigned
    director
  5. 2025-05-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DMSOFORKNEY LTD
  7. 2024-05-16
    FOULIS, Marion Isobel appointed
    director
  8. 2024-05-16
    ADAMS, Daniel James appointed
    director
  9. 2024-05-16
    📄
    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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Marion Isobel Foulis
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1989 · age 37
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control16/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Daniel James Adamsceased 24/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

7 Buckles Road
Finstown
Orkney
KW17 2UE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-29
Last: 2025-05-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

FOULIS, Marion Isobel
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-05-16
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Active
ADAMS, Daniel James
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-05-16 · resigned 2025-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-16