PHILIP W.M. REID LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC351791 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-26

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Real estate agencies

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 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

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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 (26 events)Click to expand

2025-08-15
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2024-06-26
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2023-08-29
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2022-07-11
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2021-05-24
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2020-06-12
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2019-06-21
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2018-05-23
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2017-05-05
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2016-05-19
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2015-12-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-02
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accounts · AA
2014-12-22
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2014-06-27
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2013-12-23
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2008-11-26
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Company incorporated
As PHILIP W.M. REID LIMITED
2008-11-26
➕
REID, Ann Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2008-11-26
➕
REID, Philip William Montgomery appointed
director
2008-11-26
➕
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-11-26
➖
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-11-26
➕
TRAINER, Peter appointed
director
2008-11-26
➖
TRAINER, Peter resigned
director
2008-11-26
➕
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-11-26
➖
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-director
2008-11-26
➕
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-11-26
➖
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "REID" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 Philip William Montgomery Reid Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-11-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

18 Collylinn Road

Bearsden

Glasgow

G61 4PN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-10

Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

REID, Ann Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2008-11-26

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Active

REID, Philip William Montgomery→

director · ~66y · appointed 2008-11-26

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Active

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-11-26 · resigned 2008-11-26

Resigned

TRAINER, Peter→

director · ~74y · appointed 2008-11-26 · resigned 2008-11-26

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-11-26 · resigned 2008-11-26

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-11-26 · resigned 2008-11-26

Resigned

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