B HENDERSON MEMORIALS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC365276 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-08
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (79/100)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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-19📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-09-08🏢Company incorporatedAs B HENDERSON MEMORIALS LIMITED
- 2009-09-08➕HENDERSON, Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "HENDERSON" — 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robert Henderson Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 08/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
31 Iona Path
Blantyre
Glasgow
G72 9RW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
HENDERSON, Robert→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-09-08
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Recent filings (33 total)
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2025-09-15
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2025-06-12
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2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2024-06-11
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2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2023-03-15
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2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2022-06-10
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2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2021-06-16
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2020-09-17
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2020-05-29
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2019-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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