PAISLEY ASSET MANAGERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC362022 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-01

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: property-backed borrower with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.8y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 16.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£50.1k
Current assets	—	£148.1k
Net assets	—	£48.5k

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-27
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-23
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-05
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-07-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-07-27
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-27
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-27
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-23
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-21
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LEWIS, Sean Gordon appointed
director
2022-06-21
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RHODES, Denise Joyce resigned
director
2022-06-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2021-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-21
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-01-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-05-14
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ENGLISH, Jean resigned
secretary
2009-09-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-07-01
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Company incorporated
As PAISLEY ASSET MANAGERS LIMITED
2009-07-01
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ENGLISH, Jean appointed
secretary
2009-07-01
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RHODES, Denise Joyce appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Asset Managers Scotland Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Asset Managers Scotland Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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PAISLEY ASSET MANAGERS LIMITED

This company · SC362022

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Asset Managers Scotland Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	21/06/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Denise Rhodesceased 21/06/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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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

Incorporated2009-07-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

26-28 High Street

Dundee

DD1 1TA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LEWIS, Sean Gordon→

director · ~59y · appointed 2022-06-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ENGLISH, Jean→

secretary · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2016-05-14

Resigned

RHODES, Denise Joyce→

director · ~68y · appointed 2009-07-01 · resigned 2022-06-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	21/06/2022	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	22/09/2009	21/01/2020

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-11-06

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-09-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-25

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-04-17

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-04-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-09

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2022-08-05

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2022-07-27

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2022-07-27