W. CHRISTIE & COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC240261 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-28

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£73.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33150

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 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

67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £73,100

Cash YoY

+2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£92k

↑ 2.5% YoY

Net Worth

£73k

↑ 6.9% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Cash	£91.8k	£89.6k
Net assets	£73.1k	£68.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts · AA
2021-09-23
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accounts · AA
2021-08-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-08-09
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restoration · RT01
2021-06-22
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gazette · GAZ2
2021-04-06
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gazette · GAZ1
2020-12-22
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accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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accounts · AA
2018-08-21
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accounts · AA
2017-09-27
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accounts · AA
2016-09-29
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accounts · AA
2014-11-28
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MARSHALL, Catherine resigned
secretary
2003-01-24
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MARR, James Edward resigned
secretary
2003-01-24
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MARSHALL, Catherine appointed
secretary
2002-12-23
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TATHAM, Judith Mary appointed
director
2002-12-23
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MARR, James Edward appointed
secretary
2002-12-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-12-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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2002-11-28
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Company incorporated
As W. CHRISTIE & COMPANY LIMITED
2002-11-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-28
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Ms Judith Mary Tatham Individual · British · DOB 02/1945 · age 81	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/11/2016

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

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DIESELEC THISTLE GENERATORS LIMITED→ SC269766 · est 2004	£7.66M £5.96M–£9.37M	—	—	10300	21y	84	58y
CALEDONIAN PLYWOOD COMPANY LTD.→ SC195444 · est 1999	£6.46M £5.02M–£7.89M	—	—	8100	27y	85	72y
KELVINSIDE ELECTRONICS LIMITED→ SC105407 · est 1987	£4.29M £3.33M–£5.24M	—	—	6100	38y	84	65y
PCT GROUP SALES LIMITED→ SC075642 · est 1981	£3.56M £2.77M–£4.35M	—	—	77	44y	85	83y
PROMAT BD LIMITED→ SC208370 · est 2000	£3.41M £2.65M–£4.17M	—	—	8500	25y	87	70y
INDEPENDENT GLASS COMPANY LIMITED→ SC107294 · est 1987	£2.83M £2.20M–£3.46M	—	—	21800	38y	85	79y
THOMAS TUNNOCK LIMITED→ SC028747 · est 1952	£2.26M £1.76M–£2.76M	—	—	653	74y	85	93y
SAMTEC (EUROPE) LIMITED→ SC096674 · est 1986	£1.51M £1.17M–£1.84M	—	—	2700	40y	85	65y
WALKI LIMITED→ SC014320 · est 1926	£439.3k £341.7k–£536.9k	—	—	35	99y	94	61y
LINIAN SUPPLY CO. LIMITED→ SC246119 · est 2003	—	—	—	1400	23y	88	66y
WILLIAMS WINDOW FABRICATION LIMITED→ SC163160 · est 1996 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	—	—
WYLIE-REDMAN (MOULDS) LIMITED→ SC037222 · est 1962 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	64y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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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

Incorporated2002-11-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33150 — SIC 33150

Registered office

22 Crownpoint Road

Glasgow

G40 2BS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-12

Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

TATHAM, Judith Mary→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-12-23

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Active

MARR, James Edward→

secretary · appointed 2002-12-23 · resigned 2003-01-24

Resigned

MARSHALL, Catherine→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2014-11-28

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-28 · resigned 2002-12-23

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-28 · resigned 2002-12-23

Resigned

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