SNOWIE UTILITIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC235807 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-22
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2023-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-30
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    SNOWIE, Malcolm Mcdonald resigned
    director
  8. 2021-06-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-06-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-06-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2020-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-27
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    SNOWIE, Alistair Tait resigned
    director
  16. 2018-08-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-08-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-01-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2017-12-01
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    SNOWIE, Euan Fenwick resigned
    secretary
  21. 2017-11-21
    ➕
    SNOWIE, Gordon Somerville appointed
    director
  22. 2017-11-21
    ➕
    SNOWIE, Malcolm Mcdonald appointed
    director
  23. 2015-09-03
    ➕
    SNOWIE, Alistair Tait appointed
    director
  24. 2015-03-02
    ➖
    SNOWIE, Gordon Somerville resigned
    director
  25. 2006-05-11
    ➖
    BALLANTYNE, Tom Hugh resigned
    director
  26. 2006-05-11
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    SNOWIE, Gordon Somerville appointed
    director
  27. 2002-08-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SNOWIE UTILITIES LIMITED
  28. 2002-08-22
    ➕
    SNOWIE, Euan Fenwick appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-08-22
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-08-22
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-08-22
    ➕
    BALLANTYNE, Tom Hugh appointed
    director
  32. 2002-08-22
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2002-08-22
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "SNOWIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Snowie Holdings Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Snowie Holdings Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SNOWIE UTILITIES LIMITED
This company · SC235807

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Snowie Holdings Ltd.
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Gordon Somerville Snowie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence21/11/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alistair Tait Snowieceased 27/08/2018· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Inverdunning House
Dunning
Perthshire
PH2 0QG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

SNOWIE, Gordon Somerville→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SNOWIE, Euan Fenwick→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-22 · resigned 2017-12-01
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-22 · resigned 2002-08-22
Resigned
BALLANTYNE, Tom Hugh→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-08-22 · resigned 2006-05-11
Resigned
SNOWIE, Alistair Tait→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-09-03 · resigned 2018-08-27
Resigned
SNOWIE, Gordon Somerville→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-05-11 · resigned 2015-03-02
Resigned
SNOWIE, Malcolm Mcdonald→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-11-21 · resigned 2021-06-30
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-22 · resigned 2002-08-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-28