MULTIPHARMACY LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC288889 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-15
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£10
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (77/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10
Very low cash
Cash position: £10
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10
~ YoY
Net Worth
£10
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£2£4£6£8£10Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£10£10
Cash£10£10
Net assets£10£10

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-08-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2014-11-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-08-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2013-11-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As MULTIPHARMACY LTD.
  17. 2005-08-15
    JANDOO, Satwant Kaur appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-08-15
    JANDOO, Virinder Singh appointed
    director
  19. 2005-08-15
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2005-08-15
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-08-15
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2005-08-15
    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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Park Road Pharmacy Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Park Road Pharmacy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
MULTIPHARMACY LTD.
This company · SC288889

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Park Road Pharmacy Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-08-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

405 Great Western Road
Glasgow
G4 9HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JANDOO, Satwant Kaur
secretary · appointed 2005-08-15
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Active
JANDOO, Virinder Singh
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-08-15
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-15 · resigned 2005-08-15
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-08-15 · resigned 2005-08-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-17