WALKER COMPLETIONS SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC220794 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 06200SIC 06200
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,493

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£1k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£1k-£1k-£1k-£1k-£1k-£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-1.5k£-1.3k
Net assets£-1.5k£-1.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-06
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  3. 2023-06-12
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2021-11-11
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  6. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-08-03
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2017-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-07-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-07-06
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-27
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  14. 2015-07-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-07-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-01-01
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    WALKER, Karen Ann resigned
    secretary
  17. 2001-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As WALKER COMPLETIONS SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    WALKER, Graham, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    WALKER, Karen Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-06-29
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-06-29
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-06-29
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 "WALKER" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Graham Walker
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/03/2018

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
Incorporated2001-06-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

Brinkhill
16 Tree Road
Tarves
AB41 7JY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WALKER, Graham, Mr.→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Karen Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-29 · resigned 2014-01-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-29 · resigned 2001-06-29
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-29 · resigned 2001-06-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
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2025-05-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-03