UPPER CASE CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC222413 · 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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 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

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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 Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2024-12-10
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2023-12-14
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2022-12-01
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2021-12-21
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2020-12-16
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2019-12-17
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2018-12-21
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2017-12-22
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2009-12-08
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-06-07
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KINNEY, David resigned
director
2004-12-01
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-11-30
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MESSRS THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-11-01
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FEDELE, Anne Michelle appointed
director
2001-10-21
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
nominee-director
2001-10-21
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KINNEY, David appointed
director
2001-08-21
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Company incorporated
As UPPER CASE CONSULTANTS LIMITED
2001-08-21
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MESSRS THORNTONS WS appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-08-21
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HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 22 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
Mrs Anne Michelle Fedele Individual · French · DOB 04/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	21/08/2016

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

Incorporated2001-08-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

The Steadings

Auchteralyth

Alyth

Perthshire

PH11 8JT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-28

Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

FEDELE, Anne Michelle→

director · ~65y · appointed 2004-11-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MESSRS THORNTONS WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

THORNTONS LAW LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2009-12-08

Resigned

HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→

nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-21 · resigned 2001-10-21

Resigned

KINNEY, David→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-10-21 · resigned 2007-06-07

Resigned

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