CHARLOTTE SQUARE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC243662 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-10
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
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£1£1£1Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£1
Net assets—£1

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-20
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2022-12-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2018-03-31
    ➖
    CLARKE, Edmund John Stephenson resigned
    director
  13. 2017-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-02-23
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  17. 2004-02-05
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Linda Neil appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-02-05
    ➕
    FORSYTH, William Ferguson appointed
    director
  19. 2004-02-05
    ➖
    ABRAHAM, Colin James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-05
    ➖
    ABRAHAM, Colin James resigned
    director
  21. 2003-09-26
    ➕
    ABRAHAM, Colin James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-09-26
    ➖
    DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-09-26
    ➕
    CLARKE, Edmund John Stephenson appointed
    director
  24. 2003-04-30
    ➕
    ABRAHAM, Colin James appointed
    director
  25. 2003-04-30
    ➖
    DM DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHARLOTTE SQUARE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  27. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-02-10
    ➕
    DM DIRECTOR LIMITED 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Linda Neil Forsyth
Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

43 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FORSYTH, Linda Neil→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORSYTH, William Ferguson→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABRAHAM, Colin James→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-26 · resigned 2004-02-05
Resigned
DM COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2003-09-26
Resigned
ABRAHAM, Colin James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-04-30 · resigned 2004-02-05
Resigned
CLARKE, Edmund John Stephenson→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-09-26 · resigned 2018-03-31
Resigned
DM DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-10 · resigned 2003-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-12