CHISCOT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC126291 · ltd · incorporated 1990-07-16
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees0200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
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  2. 2024-05-28
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  3. 2023-05-31
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  4. 2022-06-13
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  5. 2021-05-26
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  6. 2020-05-20
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  7. 2019-05-29
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  8. 2018-05-31
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  9. 2017-07-19
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    address · AD01
  10. 2017-05-30
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  11. 2016-05-30
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  12. 2015-07-17
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  13. 2015-06-02
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  14. 2014-07-22
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  15. 2014-05-29
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  16. 1990-09-06
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    CHISHOLM, Julia Catherine appointed
    secretary
  17. 1990-09-06
    ➕
    CHISHOLM, Charles Angus Ward appointed
    director
  18. 1990-09-06
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1990-09-06
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 1990-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CHISCOT LIMITED
  21. 1990-07-16
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1990-07-16
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Julia Chisholm
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/07/2016
Mr Charles Angus Ward Chisholm
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Forbes House
36 Huntly Street
Inverness
IV3 5PR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CHISHOLM, Julia Catherine→
secretary · appointed 1990-09-06
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Active
CHISHOLM, Charles Angus Ward→
director · ~72y · appointed 1990-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1990-07-16 · resigned 1990-09-06
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1990-07-16 · resigned 1990-09-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

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2025-07-17
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2025-05-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
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accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-07-26