INDEPENDENT MOBILE PHONE CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC295994 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-24

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (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

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

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

Last 180 days

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-01-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-31
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-20
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MENZIES, Ian Crerar resigned
director
2025-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-21
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2017-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2011-10-22
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MILLS, Bruce resigned
director
2011-10-09
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MILLS, Bruce appointed
director
2008-05-30
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ELDER, Craig Alexander resigned
director
2008-03-24
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MENZIES, Ian Crerar appointed
director
2006-01-24
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Company incorporated
As INDEPENDENT MOBILE PHONE CONSULTANTS LIMITED
2006-01-24
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MENZIES, Peter John appointed
secretary
2006-01-24
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MENZIES, Peter John appointed
director
2006-01-24
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-24
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-24
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ELDER, Craig Alexander appointed
director
2006-01-24
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-01-24
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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 60 — 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 60. 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter John Menzies Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ian Crerar Menziesceased 20/01/2026· 25-50% shares

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

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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

Incorporated2006-01-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

The Vine

43 Magdalen Yard Road

Dundee

Angus

DD1 4NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-30

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MENZIES, Peter John→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

MENZIES, Peter John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-01-24

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2006-01-24

Resigned

ELDER, Craig Alexander→

director · ~41y · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2008-05-30

Resigned

MENZIES, Ian Crerar→

director · ~96y · appointed 2008-03-24 · resigned 2026-01-20

Resigned

MILLS, Bruce→

director · ~63y · appointed 2011-10-09 · resigned 2011-10-22

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2006-01-24

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-13

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

officers · TM01

2026-01-31

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-01-31