POLAR WRAP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC186185 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-28

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2025-02-08
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2024-02-02
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2023-01-29
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2022-01-30
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2021-01-31
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accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-01-18
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accounts · AA
2018-01-26
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accounts · AA
2017-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-05-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-06-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2014-06-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
1998-05-28
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Company incorporated
As POLAR WRAP LIMITED
1998-05-28
➕
HUNTER, James Ross appointed
secretary
1998-05-28
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HUNTER, Selma appointed
director
1998-05-28
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1998-05-28
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1998-05-28
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1998-05-28
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Ross Hunter Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Selma Hunter Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-05-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

2 Kilmardinny Crescent

Bearsden

Glasgow

G61 3NR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-11

Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HUNTER, James Ross→

secretary · appointed 1998-05-28

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Active

HUNTER, Selma→

director · ~62y · appointed 1998-05-28

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-28 · resigned 1998-05-28

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-05-28 · resigned 1998-05-28

Resigned

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