ALDEA BELLA (NO.48) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC111361 · ltd · incorporated 1988-06-02

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). 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 (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

18 officers (2 active, 18 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	0	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-06-25
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accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-04-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-03-29
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MCIRVINE, Kathleen appointed
secretary
2022-03-29
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MCIRVINE, John Stuart appointed
director
2022-03-29
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NIMMO, Nicola resigned
secretary
2022-03-29
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NIMMO, Graeme Ramsay resigned
director
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-05
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-10-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-10-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-01
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MCIRVINE, Kathleen resigned
secretary
2020-10-01
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NIMMO, Nicola appointed
secretary
2020-10-01
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MCIRVINE, John Stuart resigned
director
2020-10-01
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NIMMO, Graeme Ramsay appointed
director
2020-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-01-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-01-30
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2008-09-09
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MCIRVINE, John Stuart resigned
secretary
2008-09-09
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MCIRVINE, Kathleen appointed
secretary
2008-09-09
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MCGOWAN, Francis resigned
director
2002-10-01
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HENDY, William resigned
secretary
2002-10-01
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MCIRVINE, John Stuart appointed
secretary
2002-10-01
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HENDY, William resigned
director
2002-10-01
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MCIRVINE, John Stuart appointed
director
1996-07-28
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MCGOWAN, Francis appointed
director
1996-07-28
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MITCHELL, Robert resigned
director
1993-11-08
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DICKSON, Anthea Susan resigned
secretary
1993-11-08
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HENDY, William appointed
secretary
1993-11-08
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DICKSON, Alan William Bain resigned
director
1993-11-08
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DICKSON, Anthea Susan resigned
director
1993-11-08
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HENDY, William appointed
director
1993-11-08
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MITCHELL, Robert appointed
director
1992-08-24
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GIBSON, Agnes Christina Dunlop resigned
director
1992-07-24
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GIBSON, Agnes Christina Dunlop appointed
director
1990-07-14
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1990-07-14
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VINDEX LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1990-07-14
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VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1988-06-02
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Company incorporated
As ALDEA BELLA (NO.48) LIMITED
1988-06-02
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MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1988-06-02
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VINDEX LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1988-06-02
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VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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8 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1988-06-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

216 West George Street

Glasgow

G2 2PQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 16 resigned)

MCIRVINE, Kathleen→

secretary · appointed 2022-03-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCIRVINE, John Stuart→

director · ~73y · appointed 2022-03-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DICKSON, Anthea Susan→

secretary · resigned 1993-11-08

Resigned

HENDY, William→

secretary · appointed 1993-11-08 · resigned 2002-10-01

Resigned

MCIRVINE, John Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2008-09-09

Resigned

MCIRVINE, Kathleen→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-09 · resigned 2020-10-01

Resigned

NIMMO, Nicola→

secretary · appointed 2020-10-01 · resigned 2022-03-29

Resigned

MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1988-06-02 · resigned 1990-07-14

Resigned

DICKSON, Alan William Bain→

director · ~76y · resigned 1993-11-08

Resigned

DICKSON, Anthea Susan→

director · ~71y · resigned 1993-11-08

Resigned

GIBSON, Agnes Christina Dunlop→

director · ~82y · appointed 1992-07-24 · resigned 1992-08-24

Resigned

HENDY, William→

director · ~102y · appointed 1993-11-08 · resigned 2002-10-01

Resigned

MCGOWAN, Francis→

director · ~77y · appointed 1996-07-28 · resigned 2008-09-09

Resigned

MCIRVINE, John Stuart→

director · ~73y · appointed 2002-10-01 · resigned 2020-10-01

Resigned

MITCHELL, Robert→

director · ~86y · appointed 1993-11-08 · resigned 1996-07-28

Resigned

NIMMO, Graeme Ramsay→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-10-01 · resigned 2022-03-29

Resigned

VINDEX LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1988-06-02 · resigned 1990-07-14

Resigned

VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1988-06-02 · resigned 1990-07-14

Resigned

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Recent filings (113 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-06-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-06-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-07-01

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-04-11

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2022-04-11

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-04-11

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2022-04-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-22