EASDALE AND CO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC346966 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-12
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£1£1£2£2Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2016-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-01
    EASDALE, William Lindsay resigned
    director
  15. 2015-08-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-10-06
    WATT, Graeme Lawrie appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-10-06
    STIRRAT, David Kerr appointed
    director
  19. 2008-10-06
    HBJGW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-10-06
    EASDALE, William Lindsay appointed
    director
  21. 2008-10-06
    HBJGW LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2008-08-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EASDALE AND CO LIMITED
  23. 2008-08-12
    HBJGW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-08-12
    HBJGW LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 David Kerr Stirrat
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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

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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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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
Incorporated2008-08-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

121 121 Barfillan Drive
Glasgow
G52 1BH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WATT, Graeme Lawrie
secretary · appointed 2008-10-06
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Active
STIRRAT, David Kerr
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HBJGW SECRETARIAL LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-12 · resigned 2008-10-06
Resigned
EASDALE, William Lindsay
director · ~85y · appointed 2008-10-06 · resigned 2016-02-01
Resigned
HBJGW LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-12 · resigned 2008-10-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13