TELFER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC177027 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-07

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£32.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 06100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £32,269

Net assets shrinking

Down £33,707 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 58% YoY

Cash YoY

-58%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£23k

↓ 58% YoY

Net Worth

£32k

↓ 51% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Cash	£23.0k	£54.2k
Net assets	£32.3k	£66.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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2024-03-12
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2023-05-16
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2022-06-02
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2021-06-22
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2020-03-19
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2019-03-28
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2018-03-29
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2017-05-06
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2017-03-27
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2016-05-24
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1997-07-07
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Company incorporated
As TELFER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
1997-07-07
➕
FOX, Thomas Campbell appointed
secretary
1997-07-07
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TELFER, George appointed
director
1997-07-07
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-07
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ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-07
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-07-07
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ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES 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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TELFER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 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 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Telfer Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest	07/07/2016

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

Incorporated1997-07-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

19 Grosvenor Place

Aberdeen

AB25 2RE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-27

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-29

Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FOX, Thomas Campbell→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-07

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Active

TELFER, George→

director · ~76y · appointed 1997-07-07

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Active

ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-07 · resigned 1997-07-07

Resigned

ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-07 · resigned 1997-07-07

Resigned

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