MOWATT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC209907 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£31.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
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 £30,969

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£31k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£19k£25k£31kAug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£31.0k——
Current assets£2.5k——
Net assets£31.0k——

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-05-07
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  3. 2024-05-25
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  4. 2023-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-11
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  6. 2022-05-25
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  7. 2021-05-31
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  8. 2020-05-28
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  9. 2019-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-28
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  11. 2017-08-23
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  12. 2017-06-30
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  13. 2016-06-30
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  14. 2015-09-06
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  15. 2015-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2000-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As MOWATT LIMITED
  17. 2000-08-11
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    MOWATT, Tracey Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2000-08-11
    ➕
    MOWATT, Christopher 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MOWATT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 26 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 66. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tracey Elizabeth Mowatt
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/12/2021
Mr Christopher Mowatt
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence11/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Tracey Elizabeth Mowattceased 01/04/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2000-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Kildonan House
Kildonan
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MOWATT, Tracey Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-11
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MOWATT, Christopher→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-08-11
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Recent filings (57 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
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accounts · AA
2025-05-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-24
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accounts · AA
2024-05-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
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accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-03
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accounts · AA
2020-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-24