TELEWORK SCOTLAND LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC199241 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-25
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 2022
Net worth
£5
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5
Current Assets
£5
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2022-12-31
Total assets£5
Current assets£5
Net assets£5

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2023-09-12
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  3. 2022-09-10
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  4. 2021-08-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2021-05-21
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    MURDOCH, Susanna Madeline Fisk resigned
    director
  7. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-23
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  9. 2018-09-11
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  10. 2017-09-05
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  11. 2016-09-15
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  12. 2015-09-22
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  13. 2015-09-05
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  14. 2014-09-30
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  15. 2014-09-22
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  16. 2013-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-08-15
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    MURDOCH, James John resigned
    director
  18. 2006-04-13
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    MURDOCH, Susanna Madeline Fisk appointed
    director
  19. 1999-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As TELEWORK SCOTLAND LTD.
  20. 1999-08-25
    ➕
    MURDOCH, Susan Edith appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-08-25
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    MURDOCH, Susan Edith appointed
    director
  22. 1999-08-25
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    MURDOCH, James John appointed
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Edith Murdoch
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
——sig. influencesignificant influence25/08/2016

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
Incorporated1999-08-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Gallowhill House
12-13 Gallowhill
Crieff
Perthshire
PH7 3HF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MURDOCH, Susan Edith→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-25
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Active
MURDOCH, Susan Edith→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-08-25
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Active
MURDOCH, James John→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-08-25 · resigned 2006-08-15
Resigned
MURDOCH, Susanna Madeline Fisk→
director · ~40y · appointed 2006-04-13 · resigned 2021-05-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
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officers · TM01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-11