S.L.K. SCAFFOLDING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC291551 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-11

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

£1.17M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Scaffold erection

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (78/100)

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

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,166,908

Net assets shrinking

Down £223,469 YoY

Cash YoY

-24%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£549k

↓ 24% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↓ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£1.22M	£1.42M
Current assets	£1.14M	£1.14M
Cash	£548.7k	£723.5k
Debtors	£591.4k	£418.9k
Net assets	£1.17M	£1.39M

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-16
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FERGUSON, Lewis John Connor resigned
director
2019-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-03-15
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-03-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-02-28
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FERGUSON, Christine resigned
director
2018-02-23
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FERGUSON, Christine resigned
secretary
2018-01-15
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FERGUSON, Lewis John Connor appointed
director
2005-10-11
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Company incorporated
As S.L.K. SCAFFOLDING SERVICES LIMITED
2005-10-11
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FERGUSON, John appointed
director
2005-10-11
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FERGUSON, Christine appointed
secretary
2005-10-11
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-10-11
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-10-11
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FERGUSON, Christine appointed
director
2005-10-11
➕
CODIR LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2005-10-11
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CODIR LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2005-10-11
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COSEC LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2005-10-11
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COSEC LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-10-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection

Registered office

3d Langlands Square

East Kilbride

Glasgow

G75 0YY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-01

Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

FERGUSON, John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FERGUSON, Christine→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-11 · resigned 2018-02-23

Resigned

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-11 · resigned 2005-10-11

Resigned

FERGUSON, Christine→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-10-11 · resigned 2018-02-28

Resigned

FERGUSON, Lewis John Connor→

director · ~35y · appointed 2018-01-15 · resigned 2020-01-16

Resigned

CODIR LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-10-11 · resigned 2005-10-11

Resigned

COSEC LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-10-11 · resigned 2005-10-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-02-02

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-18

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

accounts · AA

2025-06-16

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2025-01-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-15

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

accounts · AA

2024-07-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-30

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

accounts · AA

2023-08-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-01

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-10-31

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

accounts · AA

2022-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-12

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

accounts · AA

2021-03-17