GOLDEN CASKET PROPERTY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC371424 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-19
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
44 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
Very low cash
Cash position: £1
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1
~ YoY
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1£1
Cash£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2022-03-31
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2022-03-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-06-23
    RAE, Duncan Douglas Faulds resigned
    director
  14. 2017-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2016-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-28
    DAVIDSON, Mary Mcnair resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-01-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GOLDEN CASKET PROPERTY LIMITED
  19. 2010-01-19
    RAE, Crawford Mclean appointed
    director
  20. 2010-01-19
    DAVIDSON, Mary Mcnair appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-01-19
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-01-19
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-01-19
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  24. 2010-01-19
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  25. 2010-01-19
    RAE, Duncan Douglas Faulds appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Group structure

Golden Casket (Greenock) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Golden Casket (Greenock) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
GOLDEN CASKET PROPERTY LIMITED
This company · SC371424

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Golden Casket (Greenock) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-01-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Golden Casket Group Fort Matilda Industrial Estate
Eldon Street
Greenock
Inverclyde
PA16 7QF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

RAE, Crawford Mclean
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-01-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON, Mary Mcnair
secretary · appointed 2010-01-19 · resigned 2016-06-28
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-01-19 · resigned 2010-01-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-01-19 · resigned 2010-01-19
Resigned
RAE, Duncan Douglas Faulds
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-01-19 · resigned 2018-06-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-03-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29