PETRO PROJECTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC293338 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-18

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

£151.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 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 £151,798

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,024 YoY

Cash YoY

-10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£154k

↓ 9.6% YoY

Net Worth

£152k

↓ 6.8% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£151.8k	£162.8k
Cash	£153.8k	£170.0k
Net assets	£151.8k	£162.8k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-08-13
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2024-05-27
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2023-03-30
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2022-03-10
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2021-03-09
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accounts · AA
2020-04-24
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accounts · AA
2019-04-08
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accounts · AA
2018-11-27
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capital · SH01
2018-03-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-04-13
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accounts · AA
2016-04-04
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accounts · AA
2015-12-05
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-13
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accounts · AA
2014-12-14
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2014-03-17
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2005-11-18
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Company incorporated
As PETRO PROJECTS LIMITED
2005-11-18
➕
DODDS, Margaret Isabella appointed
secretary
2005-11-18
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DODDS, Alistair John appointed
director
2005-11-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Alistair John Dodds Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	18/11/2016

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

Incorporated2005-11-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

39 West Vows Walk

Kirkcaldy

Fife

KY1 1RX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-02

Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DODDS, Margaret Isabella→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-18

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Active

DODDS, Alistair John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2005-11-18

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-18 · resigned 2005-11-18

Resigned

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