CHRIS WRIGHT & SONS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC285468 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-27

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 May 2025

Net worth

£-20.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Demolition

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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, 1 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 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

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £20,432

Net assets shrinking

Down £21,651 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£20k

↓ 1776% YoY

Current Assets

£68k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£17.9k	£39.0k
Current assets	£67.7k	£128.7k
Cash	—	£30.4k
Debtors	—	£98.3k
Net assets	£-20.4k	£1.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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officers · TM01
2021-11-29
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WRIGHT, Christopher resigned
director
2021-05-17
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accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-02-26
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accounts · AA
2017-11-10
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officers · AP01
2017-06-03
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WRIGHT, Kris appointed
director
2017-06-02
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address · AD01
2017-02-02
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accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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annual-return · AR01
2016-05-31
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2005-05-27
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Company incorporated
As CHRIS WRIGHT & SONS LTD
2005-05-27
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WRIGHT, Kris appointed
secretary
2005-05-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-27
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WRIGHT, Christopher appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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 "WRIGHT" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

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.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Christopher Wright Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-05-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43110 — Demolition

Registered office

Chris Wright & Sons Ltd

Bogston Lane

Greenock

Renfrewshire

PA15 2UQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WRIGHT, Kris→

secretary · appointed 2005-05-27

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Active

WRIGHT, Kris→

director · ~39y · appointed 2017-06-03

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2005-05-27

Resigned

WRIGHT, Christopher→

director · ~65y · appointed 2005-05-27 · resigned 2021-11-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-11

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

accounts · AA

2025-02-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-15

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

accounts · AA

2024-01-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-14

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

accounts · AA

2023-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2021-12-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-05-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-17

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

accounts · AA

2020-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-11-15