OSPREY CONSTRUCTION LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC212662 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-08

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

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.5y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 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

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	200	300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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2025-10-23
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2024-09-12
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officers · TM01
2024-08-29
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PIRIE, Brian John resigned
director
2024-03-27
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accounts · AA
2023-07-04
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2022-06-08
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2021-10-12
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2021-01-27
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accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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officers · CH01
2020-06-15
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mortgage · MR04
2020-06-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-10-31
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accounts · AA
2018-10-29
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2017-10-31
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2016-10-06
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accounts · AA
2015-11-26
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2002-11-21
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SIME, Keith John appointed
director
2002-11-21
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PIRIE, Mary Elizabeth resigned
director
2002-11-21
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SIME, Aileen Margaret resigned
director
2001-01-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2000-11-08
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Company incorporated
As OSPREY CONSTRUCTION LTD.
2000-11-08
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SIME, Keith John appointed
secretary
2000-11-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-11-08
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PIRIE, Brian John appointed
director
2000-11-08
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PIRIE, Mary Elizabeth appointed
director
2000-11-08
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SIME, Aileen Margaret appointed
director
2000-11-08
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-11-08
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 24 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Keith John Sime Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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BEAR SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC206139 · est 2000	£13.00M £9.29M–£16.72M	—	—	—	26y	83	65y
G.S. BROWN CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC047574 · est 1970	£3.14M £2.24M–£4.03M	—	—	46	56y	84	83y
A. PROCTOR GROUP LIMITED→ SC105054 · est 1987	£1.97M £1.40M–£2.53M	—	—	102	39y	87	60y
BALHOUSIE GLAZING LIMITED→ SC148115 · est 1993	—	—	£216.9k	—	32y	83	70y
ALGO (BLAIRGOWRIE) LIMITED→ SC166057 · est 1996	—	—	£5.05M	—	30y	82	85y
CALEDONIAN DEVELOPMENTS LTD.→ SC211941 · est 2000	—	—	—	200	25y	82	64y
CIOCH LIMITED→ SC169567 · est 1996	—	—	£62.8k	—	29y	82	76y
GILLIES & MACKAY LIMITED→ SC237291 · est 2002	—	—	£89.9k	—	23y	82	66y
GRM INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ SC346383 · est 2008	—	—	£31.7k	—	17y	82	65y
J. F. HALLEY & SON LIMITED→ SC282324 · est 2005	—	—	—	4	21y	82	66y
JAMES MOFFAT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC333711 · est 2007	—	—	£127.4k	—	18y	82	61y
LANDSTOCK HIGHLAND LIMITED→ SC154534 · est 1994	—	—	—	—	31y	82	84y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-11-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

19 Fraser Terrace

Perth

Perthshire

PH1 1BX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-22

Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SIME, Keith John→

secretary · appointed 2000-11-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SIME, Keith John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2000-11-08

Resigned

PIRIE, Brian John→

director · ~68y · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2024-08-29

Resigned

PIRIE, Mary Elizabeth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2002-11-21

Resigned

SIME, Aileen Margaret→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2002-11-21

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2000-11-08

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	12/01/2001	15/06/2020

Recent filings (76 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-04-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-21

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-07-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2020-06-25