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.

🔒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 25.3y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.3 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

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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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

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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accounts · AA
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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accounts · AA
2022-06-08
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accounts · AA
2021-10-12
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accounts · AA
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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accounts · AA
2017-10-31
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accounts · AA
2016-10-06
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accounts · AA
2015-11-26
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annual-return · AR01
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 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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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ORCHIL CONSULTING LIMITED→ SC446574 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
P.J. REDFORD (HOMES) LIMITED→ SC120968 · est 1989 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	36y	—	—
PINEWAY CONTRACTS PERTH LIMITED→ SC735051 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
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PMM DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ SC410165 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
PORTBANE LTD→ SC764934 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
POTTER PLUMBING AND HEATING (G.B.) LIMITED→ SC074463 · est 1981 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	45y	—	—
PRIDE & JOY HOME SERVICES LTD→ SC622030 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—

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)

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

accounts · AA

2026-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

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