SITEWORKS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC174674 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-21
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees1100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2000-12-24
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    HATCH, Catherine Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-10-16
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    SHARKEY, Sheila Alice resigned
    secretary
  19. 1997-05-08
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Kenneth Alan appointed
    director
  20. 1997-05-08
    ➕
    SHARKEY, Sheila Alice appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-04-21
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    Company incorporated
    As SITEWORKS LTD.
  22. 1997-04-21
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-04-21
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-04-21
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 1997-04-21
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
Kenneth Alan Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Catherine Mary Hatch
Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated1997-04-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Emahroo
Orrin Bridge
Muir Of Ord
Ross-Shire
IV6 7UL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-05
Last: 2025-04-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HATCH, Catherine Mary→
secretary · appointed 2000-12-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON, Kenneth Alan→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-21 · resigned 1997-04-21
Resigned
SHARKEY, Sheila Alice→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-08 · resigned 2000-10-16
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-21 · resigned 1997-04-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-28