SOLV LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC255450 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-05
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
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 06200SIC 06200
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees7

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-03-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-09
    ➖
    BASIL, Martin resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-06-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-09-05
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    BASIL, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  16. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2015-09-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2004-06-16
    ➕
    BASIL, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-06-16
    ➖
    MCDOUGALL, Ian James resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    MCDOUGALL, Ian James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-09-08
    ➖
    WETHERLY, Alison resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    BASIL, Martin appointed
    director
  24. 2003-09-08
    ➖
    JESSIMAN, Yvonne Maria resigned
    director
  25. 2003-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As SOLV LIMITED
  26. 2003-09-05
    ➕
    WETHERLY, Alison appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-09-05
    ➕
    JESSIMAN, Yvonne Maria appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Basil
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
50–75%
—sig. influence50-75% shares · significant influence05/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Martin Basilceased 09/03/2026· 50-75% shares · significant influence

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

Glenafton House, Albyn Drive
Corpach
Fort William
Lochaber
PH33 7LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BASIL, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-16
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Active
BASIL, Elizabeth→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-09-05
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Active
MCDOUGALL, Ian James→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2004-06-16
Resigned
WETHERLY, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2003-09-08
Resigned
BASIL, Martin→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2026-03-09
Resigned
JESSIMAN, Yvonne Maria→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2003-09-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property08/09/2015—
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Recent filings (72 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31