PUMPMASTERS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC100605 · ltd · incorporated 1986-08-22
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.
🔒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
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 33200SIC 33200
- 46140SIC 46140
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 29.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-02📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-07-02📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-07-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-24➕BROWN, William Michael appointedsecretary
- 2025-06-24➖BROWN, Valerie Ann Munro resignedsecretary
- 2025-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-01-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-01-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-06➖BROWN, Valerie Ann Munro resigneddirector
- 2023-07-06➖BROWN, William Michael resigneddirector
- 2022-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-10-11🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1997-01-01➕BROWN, Grahame appointeddirector
- 1996-12-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1986-08-22🏢Company incorporatedAs PUMPMASTERS LIMITED
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Grahame Brown Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/02/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- William Michael Brownceased 30/01/2024· 25-50% shares
- Valerie Ann Munro Brownceased 30/01/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-08-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery
Registered office
14a Nasmyth Court
Houston Industrial Estate
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 5EG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BROWN, William Michael→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Grahame→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1997-01-01
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BROWN, Valerie Ann Munro→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2025-06-24
BROWN, Valerie Ann Munro→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 2023-07-06
BROWN, William Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 2023-07-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 17/12/1996 | 11/10/2018 |
Recent filings (101 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-02
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-07