PUREWAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC269580 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-21

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

£1.19M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

9 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 18.4y

15/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

9 charges (9/9 with lender, 9/9 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,190,007

Cash YoY

-36%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£64k

↓ 36% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.55M	£1.53M
Cash	£64.3k	£100.5k
Net assets	£1.19M	£1.07M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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2021-11-24
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2020-09-14
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2020-09-02
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Charge satisfied #4
2020-08-08
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Charge satisfied #8
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Charge satisfied #7
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Charge satisfied #6
2020-08-08
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Charge satisfied #5
2020-08-08
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-08-08
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-08-08
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Charge satisfied #1
2019-12-12
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2014-07-02
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PUREWAL, Mandeep Kaur resigned
secretary
2008-02-19
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-02-19
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-02-19
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-02-19
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-02-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Other
2008-02-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Cathay (Scotland) Limited
2008-02-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Cathay (Scotland) Limited
2008-02-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Other
2007-12-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2004-06-21
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Company incorporated
As PUREWAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED
2004-06-21
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PUREWAL, Makhan Singh appointed
director
2004-06-21
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PUREWAL, Mandeep Kaur appointed
secretary
2004-06-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2004-06-21
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2004-06-21
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PUREWAL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 22 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Makhan Singh Purewal Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated2004-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Radleigh House

1, Golf Road

Clarkston

Glasgow

G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PUREWAL, Makhan Singh→

director · ~75y · appointed 2004-06-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PUREWAL, Mandeep Kaur→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2014-07-02

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2004-06-21

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2004-06-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:9 of 9 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	19/02/2008	08/08/2020
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	2 properties	19/02/2008	08/08/2020
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	19/02/2008	08/08/2020
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Standard security	1 property	19/02/2008	08/08/2020
satisfied	Other	Floating charge standard security	1 property	19/02/2008	08/08/2020
satisfied	Cathay (Scotland) Cathay (Scotland) Limited	Standard security	1 property	18/02/2008	08/08/2020
satisfied	Cathay (Scotland) Cathay (Scotland) Limited	Standard security	1 property	18/02/2008	02/09/2020
satisfied	Other	Standard security	2 properties	18/02/2008	08/08/2020
satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	14/12/2007	08/08/2020

Recent filings (72 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-24

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-06

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-07

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-18

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-11-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-09-14

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mortgage · MR04

2020-09-02

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2020-08-08