EURO PAYROLL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC270760 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-15

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

69203Tax consultancy

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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2025-04-30
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2023-07-25
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2022-04-29
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2021-05-31
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2020-07-30
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2019-04-30
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2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2017-08-28
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accounts · AA
2016-12-19
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accounts · AA
2016-12-17
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gazette · DISS40
2016-12-13
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gazette · GAZ1
2016-05-19
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2015-04-28
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2013-08-01
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YAZID, Ehab appointed
director
2013-08-01
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PATEL, Dilip resigned
director
2012-08-01
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PATEL, Dilip appointed
director
2012-08-01
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YAZID, Ehab resigned
director
2010-07-01
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IWANIEC, Roy resigned
director
2008-08-01
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WILSON, Keith Colin resigned
secretary
2008-07-01
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PATEL, Dilip resigned
director
2006-08-01
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WILSON, Keith resigned
director
2005-04-01
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WILSON, Keith appointed
director
2004-10-19
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WILSON, Keith Colin resigned
director
2004-07-15
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Company incorporated
As EURO PAYROLL LIMITED
2004-07-15
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WILSON, Keith Colin appointed
secretary
2004-07-15
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IWANIEC, Roy appointed
director
2004-07-15
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PATEL, Dilip appointed
director
2004-07-15
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WILSON, Keith Colin appointed
director
2004-07-15
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YAZID, Ehab appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ehab Yazid Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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FARRPOINT LIMITED→ SC296299 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—
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FAST FORWARD SEMINARS LTD.→ SC153655 · est 1994 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	31y	—	—
FAYYAN CARS LTD→ SC815933 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
FB ACTUARIAL AND BUSINESS CONSULTING LTD→ SC695658 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
FB PHARMTECH LTD→ SC753069 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
FEDM CONSULTING LTD→ SC811361 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
FELSHAM PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED→ SC267721 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
FERGUSSON LAW & CO (EDINBURGH) LTD→ SC744888 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
FERLIEHALD LTD→ SC771415 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—

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7 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

Incorporated2004-07-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

23 Blair Street

Edinburgh

EH1 1QR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

YAZID, Ehab→

director · ~55y · appointed 2013-08-01

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Active

WILSON, Keith Colin→

secretary · appointed 2004-07-15 · resigned 2008-08-01

Resigned

IWANIEC, Roy→

director · ~47y · appointed 2004-07-15 · resigned 2010-07-01

Resigned

PATEL, Dilip→

director · ~49y · appointed 2012-08-01 · resigned 2013-08-01

Resigned

PATEL, Dilip→

director · ~49y · appointed 2004-07-15 · resigned 2008-07-01

Resigned

WILSON, Keith→

director · ~50y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2006-08-01

Resigned

WILSON, Keith Colin→

director · ~50y · appointed 2004-07-15 · resigned 2004-10-19

Resigned

YAZID, Ehab→

director · ~55y · appointed 2004-07-15 · resigned 2012-08-01

Resigned

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