EP WEALTH MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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SC252642 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-11
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£36.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (67/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £35,969

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£36k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£46k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£18k£27k£37k£46kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£36.0k£27.4k
Current assets£45.7k£38.4k
Net assets£36.0k£27.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-09-12
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    TAMBINI, George appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-09-12
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    ANDERSON, Linda resigned
    secretary
  18. 2003-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As EP WEALTH MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  19. 2003-07-11
    ➕
    PAPAZIAN, Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2003-07-11
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Linda appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-07-11
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-07-11
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-07-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-07-11
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) 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 70 — 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 70 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC65300 — Pension funding

Registered office

53 Forthill Road
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
Angus
DD5 3DQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

TAMBINI, George→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-12
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Active
PAPAZIAN, Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-07-11
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Active
ANDERSON, Linda→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-11 · resigned 2005-09-12
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-11 · resigned 2003-07-11
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-11 · resigned 2003-07-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-16