SPEYFIELD LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC222384 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-21
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
58 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees2100

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
    ➖
    NELSON, Jean Elizabeth Ann resigned
    director
  2. 2026-02-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-30
    ➕
    NELSON, Jean Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  7. 2023-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-08-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    NELSON, Jean Elizabeth Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    NELSON, Alan Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2001-08-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-08-28
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As SPEYFIELD LIMITED
  23. 2001-08-21
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-08-21
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    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 74 — 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 74 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jean Elizabeth Ann Nelson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/08/2016
Mr Alan Andrew Nelson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares21/08/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2001-08-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Crown Drive
Inverness
IV2 3NJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

NELSON, Jean Elizabeth Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NELSON, Alan Andrew→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2001-08-28
Resigned
NELSON, Jean Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~75y · appointed 2023-10-30 · resigned 2026-02-26
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2001-08-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28