AIM (PERTH) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC126694 · ltd · incorporated 1990-08-13
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 31.5y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees200100

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.

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 (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-25
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  2. 2024-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2024-04-30
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    Charge satisfied #8
  5. 2024-04-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2024-04-26
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    Charge satisfied #7
  7. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-22
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2019-02-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2019-02-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2019-02-21
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    Charge satisfied #6
  16. 2019-02-21
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    Charge satisfied #5
  17. 2019-02-20
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    Charge registered #8
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2019-02-18
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    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2019-02-18
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2019-02-18
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    Charge satisfied #4
  21. 2019-02-18
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    Charge satisfied #3
  22. 2019-02-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  23. 2019-01-21
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2018-01-24
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    accounts · AA
  25. 2012-08-03
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2009-08-04
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    Charge satisfied #2
  27. 2009-08-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2008-07-25
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2007-01-25
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2004-07-31
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2001-09-07
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    MCGILL, Alasdair Iain resigned
    director
  32. 2000-10-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  33. 2000-08-01
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    MCGILL, Alasdair Iain appointed
    director
  34. 1994-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  35. 1990-08-14
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    MORRISON, Mairi appointed
    secretary
  36. 1990-08-14
    ➕
    MORRISON, Andrew Irving appointed
    director
  37. 1990-08-14
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 1990-08-14
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 1990-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AIM (PERTH) LIMITED
  40. 1990-08-13
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1990-08-13
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES 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 76 — 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 76 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Morrison
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

6 Springfield Road
Kinross
KY13 8BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MORRISON, Mairi→
secretary · appointed 1990-08-14
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Active
MORRISON, Andrew Irving→
director · ~76y · appointed 1990-08-14
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1990-08-13 · resigned 1990-08-14
Resigned
MCGILL, Alasdair Iain→
director · ~57y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2001-09-07
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1990-08-13 · resigned 1990-08-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

8
Total charges
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Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property20/02/201930/04/2024
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/01/201926/04/2024
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property03/08/201221/02/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/07/200821/02/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/01/200718/02/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property31/07/200418/02/2019
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property09/10/200004/08/2009
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property03/11/199404/08/2009

Recent filings (126 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13