FOULPAPPLE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC377700 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-29
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£154.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
31 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £154,346
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£154k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£152k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £155.0k | £128.7k |
| Current assets | £152.4k | £122.3k |
| Net assets | £154.3k | £128.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-05-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-04-29🏢Company incorporatedAs FOULPAPPLE LIMITED
- 2010-04-29➕GILMOUR, James 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr James Gilmour Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-04-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320
Registered office
3 Clairmont Gardens
Glasgow
G3 7LW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
GILMOUR, James→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2010-04-29
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-23