GEM CONSULTANTS (SCOTLAND) LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC242408 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-16

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£-886

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

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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 (75/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £886

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£886

↑ 76% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£-886	£-3.6k
Current assets	£4.2k	£7.9k
Net assets	£-886	£-3.6k

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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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accounts · AA
2024-10-31
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accounts · AA
2024-01-28
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accounts · AA
2023-01-28
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accounts · AA
2022-01-24
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accounts · AA
2020-10-29
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accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-06-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-12
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2003-01-16
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Company incorporated
As GEM CONSULTANTS (SCOTLAND) LTD.
2003-01-16
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LESLIE, Fiona Allan appointed
secretary
2003-01-16
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MACDOUGALL, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
director
2003-01-16
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-16
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-01-16
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CODIR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-01-16
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CODIR LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2003-01-16
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-01-16
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COSEC LIMITED 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 23 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Gillian Macdougall Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 05/1961 · age 65	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

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

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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

Incorporated2003-01-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Clement Millar Spiersbridge House

1 Spiersbridge Way

Spiersbridge Business Park

Glasgow

G46 8NG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-30

Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LESLIE, Fiona Allan→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-16

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Active

MACDOUGALL, Gillian Elizabeth→

director · ~65y · appointed 2003-01-16

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Active

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-16

Resigned

CODIR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-16

Resigned

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-16

Resigned

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