TEMSEACO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC284744 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-13
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees100200

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-06-24
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  3. 2024-06-09
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  4. 2024-05-31
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    WAINWRIGHT-FISHER, Vivienne Ann resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-06-28
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  6. 2022-06-30
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  7. 2021-06-21
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  8. 2020-06-29
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  9. 2019-06-04
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  10. 2018-05-27
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  11. 2017-05-19
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  12. 2016-06-02
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  13. 2016-04-22
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  14. 2015-05-24
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  15. 2015-03-17
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  16. 2014-05-29
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  17. 2005-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As TEMSEACO LIMITED
  18. 2005-05-13
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    WAINWRIGHT-FISHER, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2005-05-13
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    WAINWRIGHT-FISHER, Vivienne Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-05-13
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    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-05-13
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    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2005-05-13
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    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-05-13
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    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Wainwright-Fisher
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares13/01/2017

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
Incorporated2005-05-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Fendoch Farm, Sma' Glen
Crieff
Perthshire
PH7 3LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WAINWRIGHT-FISHER, Mark→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-05-13
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Active
WAINWRIGHT-FISHER, Vivienne Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2024-05-31
Resigned
TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2005-05-13
Resigned
TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-13 · resigned 2005-05-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2025-06-30
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2025-06-15
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2025-06-15
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accounts · AA
2024-06-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-09
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officers · TM02
2024-06-09
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
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2022-06-30
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2022-06-16
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2021-06-21
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2021-06-20
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2020-06-29
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2020-06-04
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accounts · AA
2019-06-04