TRON PAWN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC158080 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-18
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 85
  • · Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
  • · Opportunity score: 69 → 78
  • · Bankability: 65 → 75
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 1 negative.

  • ↓Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
  • ↑Opportunity score: 69 → 78
  • ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 85
  • ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
  • ·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.51M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other credit granting n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (76/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,508,016
Cash YoY
+357%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
↑ 357% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£372k£743k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-252024-03-31
Total assets£1.51M£1.36M
Current assets£1.83M£1.86M
Cash£28.8k£6.3k
Debtors£531.7k£572.3k
Net assets£1.51M£1.35M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-06-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-06-01
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Steven resigned
    secretary
  4. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-06-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-03-19
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-12-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2024-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-03-26
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-12-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-12-23
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2021-03-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2021-02-24
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  19. 2021-02-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2021-02-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2020-12-27
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, William appointed
    director
  22. 2020-12-27
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Steven resigned
    director
  23. 2020-01-15
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Steven appointed
    director
  24. 2020-01-15
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, William resigned
    director
  25. 2009-02-18
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Anne resigned
    secretary
  26. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Steven appointed
    secretary
  27. 2000-03-24
    ➖
    ANDREW, Denis Deas resigned
    secretary
  28. 2000-03-24
    ➖
    ANDREW, Denis Deas resigned
    director
  29. 1997-02-28
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Anne appointed
    secretary
  30. 1995-05-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As TRON PAWN LIMITED
  31. 1995-05-18
    ➕
    ANDREW, Denis Deas appointed
    secretary
  32. 1995-05-18
    ➕
    ANDREW, Denis Deas appointed
    director
  33. 1995-05-18
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/01/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Steven Campbellceased 01/06/2026· board control · firm interest
  • Mr William Campbellceased 15/01/2020· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1995-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64929 — Other credit granting n.e.c.

Registered office

25 Sandyford Place
Glasgow
G3 7NG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last made up to: 2025-03-25
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

CAMPBELL, William→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDREW, Denis Deas→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-18 · resigned 2000-03-24
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Anne→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-28 · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Steven→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2026-06-01
Resigned
ANDREW, Denis Deas→
director · ~73y · appointed 1995-05-18 · resigned 2000-03-24
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Steven→
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-01-15 · resigned 2020-12-27
Resigned
CAMPBELL, William→
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-05-18 · resigned 2020-01-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-06-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-29