THE TOWER RESTAURANT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC185656 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (79/100)

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, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2023-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-11-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-10-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-25
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2020-06-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2020-03-24
    ➕
    THOMSON, William Lawrence appointed
    secretary
  16. 2020-03-24
    ➖
    MCADAM, Jacquie resigned
    secretary
  17. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2005-07-01
    ➕
    MCADAM, Jacquie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-07-01
    ➖
    THORBURN, Peter resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-05-01
    ➖
    MURRAY, Alexandrina Campbell Fowler resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-05-01
    ➕
    THORBURN, Peter appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-05-11
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    Company incorporated
    As THE TOWER RESTAURANT LIMITED
  25. 1998-05-11
    ➕
    THOMSON, James appointed
    director
  26. 1998-05-11
    ➕
    MURRAY, Alexandrina Campbell Fowler appointed
    secretary

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-05-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

352 Castlehill
Edinburgh
EH1 2NF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

THOMSON, William Lawrence→
secretary · appointed 2020-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, James→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-05-11
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Active
MCADAM, Jacquie→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-01 · resigned 2020-03-24
Resigned
MURRAY, Alexandrina Campbell Fowler→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 2000-05-01
Resigned
THORBURN, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-01 · resigned 2005-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08