CORRIES SOLICITORS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC299991 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31
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
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-17
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    CORRIE, Bruce Alan resigned
    director
  4. 2023-08-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-12
    ➕
    WARE, Gareth appointed
    secretary
  11. 2018-06-12
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    FORBES, Sharon resigned
    secretary
  12. 2018-06-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2018-06-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2012-10-09
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    JACKSON, Mhairi resigned
    director
  20. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    JACKSON, Mhairi appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-30
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    CORRIE, Bruce Alan appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As CORRIES SOLICITORS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  23. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    WARE, Gareth appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    FORBES, Sharon appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-03-31
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gareth Ware
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

40 Hillend Road
Rutherglen
Glasgow
G73 4JX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

WARE, Gareth→
secretary · appointed 2018-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARE, Gareth→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES, Sharon→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2018-06-12
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned
CORRIE, Bruce Alan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-08-30 · resigned 2023-08-17
Resigned
JACKSON, Mhairi→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2012-10-09
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-31