COLJAM CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC142137 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-18

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1	100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2024-12-17
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2023-12-15
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2022-12-01
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2021-12-09
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2021-03-09
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2019-12-18
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2018-12-14
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2017-12-21
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2016-11-16
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2016-02-17
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-11
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accounts · AA
2015-02-15
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2014-11-06
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2014-01-21
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1993-01-18
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Company incorporated
As COLJAM CONSULTANTS LIMITED
1993-01-18
➕
ELLIOT & COMPANY WS appointed
corporate-secretary
1993-01-18
➕
DRUMMOND, Colin James appointed
director
1993-01-18
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-01-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-01-18
➕
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1993-01-18
➖
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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 33 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin James Drummond Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated1993-01-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

8 Charlotte Street

Perth

PH1 5LL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-01

Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ELLIOT & COMPANY WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1993-01-18

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Active

DRUMMOND, Colin James→

director · ~72y · appointed 1993-01-18

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-01-18 · resigned 1993-01-18

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-01-18 · resigned 1993-01-18

Resigned

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