ANNANDALE TREE SURGERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC258313 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£62.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02200SIC 02200
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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 £62,508
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,685 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 58% YoY
Cash YoY
-58%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£32k
↓ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£63k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£31k£47k£63k£78kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£62.5k£70.2k
Current assets£35.4k£78.2k
Cash£31.7k£75.0k
Debtors£3.7k£3.2k
Net assets£62.5k£70.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-01-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-01-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-01-16
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    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2019-01-15
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-01-14
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    HOLMES, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-10-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANNANDALE TREE SURGERY LIMITED
  18. 2003-10-27
    ➕
    MCKENZIE, Kevin appointed
    director
  19. 2003-10-27
    ➕
    HOLMES, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-27
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-10-27
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Mckenzie
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

22 Backbrae Street
Kilsyth
Glasgow
G65 0NH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MCKENZIE, Kevin→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-10-27
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Active
HOLMES, Margaret Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-27 · resigned 2013-01-14
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-27 · resigned 2003-10-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-05