INDEPENDENT RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC221193 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-12
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-05-03
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  3. 2023-05-12
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  4. 2022-04-12
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  5. 2021-05-21
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  6. 2020-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  7. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-07-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-04-23
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  13. 2014-08-06
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  14. 2014-05-08
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  15. 2013-08-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As INDEPENDENT RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  17. 2001-07-12
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    MACGREGOR, Iain Roberts appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-07-12
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    MACGREGOR, Iain Roberts appointed
    director
  19. 2001-07-12
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-07-12
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-07-12
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-07-12
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-07-12
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-07-12
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD. 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Iain Roberts Macgregor
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

331 Glasgow Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 3BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MACGREGOR, Iain Roberts→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-12
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Active
MACGREGOR, Iain Roberts→
director · ~76y · appointed 2001-07-12
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Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-12 · resigned 2001-07-12
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-12 · resigned 2001-07-12
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-12 · resigned 2001-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-07-24