PRECIOUS GIFTS LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC284465 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-09

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47770

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.8y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	400	400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-11-24
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accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2023-12-07
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2022-11-22
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accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
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accounts · AA
2020-01-16
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accounts · AA
2018-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-18
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-05-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-12-19
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LENNON, Mark resigned
director
2006-08-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2006-06-01
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LENNON, Mark appointed
director
2005-07-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2005-05-09
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Company incorporated
As PRECIOUS GIFTS LTD.
2005-05-09
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DEVLIN, Tracy appointed
secretary
2005-05-09
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CHISHOLM, Euan Charles appointed
director
2005-05-09
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-09
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-09
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-05-09
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Euan Charles Chisholm Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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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

Incorporated2005-05-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47770 — SIC 47770

Registered office

27 East Church Street

Buckie

Moray

AB56 1ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-23

Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DEVLIN, Tracy→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-09

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Active

CHISHOLM, Euan Charles→

director · ~73y · appointed 2005-05-09

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-09 · resigned 2005-05-09

Resigned

LENNON, Mark→

director · ~55y · appointed 2006-06-01 · resigned 2008-12-19

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-09 · resigned 2005-05-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	21/08/2006	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	13/07/2005	—

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