BUDDING ENTERPRISES LTD

💤Zombieactive
03688982 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-24
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2018-11-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-11-02
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    SCANLON, Pamela Jane resigned
    director
  13. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-07-02
    ➕
    SCANLON, Mark Joseph appointed
    secretary
  18. 2012-07-02
    ➖
    BRACKEN, Paul resigned
    secretary
  19. 2012-07-02
    ➕
    SCANLON, Pamela Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2012-07-02
    ➖
    SCANLON, Paul Edward resigned
    director
  21. 2004-07-15
    ➖
    COLLIS, Ralph resigned
    director
  22. 2002-10-09
    ➖
    LAINE, Edward Robert resigned
    director
  23. 1998-12-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BUDDING ENTERPRISES LTD
  24. 1998-12-24
    ➕
    SCANLON, Mark Joseph appointed
    director
  25. 1998-12-24
    ➕
    BRACKEN, Paul appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-12-24
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-12-24
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-12-24
    ➕
    COLLIS, Ralph appointed
    director
  29. 1998-12-24
    ➕
    LAINE, Edward Robert appointed
    director
  30. 1998-12-24
    ➕
    SCANLON, Paul Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Joseph Scanlon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares19/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Pamela Jane Scanlonceased 02/11/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1998-12-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

6 Silverton Road
Liverpool
L17 6AT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

SCANLON, Mark Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2012-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCANLON, Mark Joseph→
director · ~70y · appointed 1998-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRACKEN, Paul→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-24 · resigned 2012-07-02
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-24 · resigned 1998-12-24
Resigned
COLLIS, Ralph→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-12-24 · resigned 2004-07-15
Resigned
LAINE, Edward Robert→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-12-24 · resigned 2002-10-09
Resigned
SCANLON, Pamela Jane→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-07-02 · resigned 2018-11-02
Resigned
SCANLON, Paul Edward→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-12-24 · resigned 2012-07-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-23