PRIMROSE PROPERTY SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC214220 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-28

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 24.9y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	—	£139.7k
Current assets	—	£205.1k
Cash	—	£86.1k
Debtors	—	£36.5k
Net assets	—	£40.6k
Average employees	10	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-22
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accounts · AA
2019-01-04
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officers · CH01
2019-01-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-20
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-28
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officers · TM02
2015-05-01
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PRIMROSE, Heather Mary resigned
secretary
2004-09-17
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2002-12-04
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2002-02-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-06-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2000-12-28
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Company incorporated
As PRIMROSE PROPERTY SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LTD
2000-12-28
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PRIMROSE, Alasdair John appointed
director
2000-12-28
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PRIMROSE, Heather Mary appointed
secretary
2000-12-28
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-12-28
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-12-28
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-12-28
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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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 "PRIMROSE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alasdair John Primrose Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

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

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PRO-FLOW (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC426482 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
PROFIX SCOTLAND LTD→ SC728274 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
PSI REFRIGERATION LIMITED→ SC721187 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
PUREWARM LIMITED→ SC877788 · est 2026 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
PWR ENERGY GROUP LTD→ SC863236 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
QUALITY ACOUSTIC SOLUTIONS LTD→ SC658989 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
QUALITY BUILDING ENVELOPE SOLUTIONS LTD→ SC596957 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
QUANTUM (SCOT) LIMITED→ SC848743 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
QUANTUM AI ACQUISITIONS LTD→ SC806074 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
QUANTUM PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS (SCOTLAND) LTD→ SC808915 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-12-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Unit 1 No. 2 Evanton Place

Thornliebank Industrial Estate

Glasgow

G46 8JE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-11

Last: 2025-12-28

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PRIMROSE, Alasdair John→

director · ~54y · appointed 2000-12-28

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Active

PRIMROSE, Heather Mary→

secretary · appointed 2000-12-28 · resigned 2015-05-01

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-28 · resigned 2000-12-28

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-28 · resigned 2000-12-28

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	17/09/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	04/12/2002	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	18/02/2002	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	19/06/2001	—

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