WOK MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC400419 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-26
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
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-02
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-02
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    address · AD01
  12. 2019-06-13
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-30
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-12-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-12-20
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    LEE, Yuet May resigned
    director
  16. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2016-11-15
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    LEE, Quinnan Desmond resigned
    director
  19. 2013-05-13
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    LEE, Yuet May appointed
    director
  20. 2012-02-02
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    TOM, May Yung resigned
    director
  21. 2012-01-30
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    LEE, Chotirot appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-30
    ➕
    LEE, Quinnan Desmond appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-26
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    Company incorporated
    As WOK MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  24. 2011-05-26
    ➕
    TOM, May Yung appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Chotirot Lee
Individual · Thai · DOB 11/1979 · age 47
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Quinnan Desmond Leeceased 31/03/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2011-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

303 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

LEE, Chotirot→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-01-30
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Active
LEE, Quinnan Desmond→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-01-30 · resigned 2016-11-15
Resigned
LEE, Yuet May→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-05-13 · resigned 2018-12-20
Resigned
TOM, May Yung→
director · ~88y · appointed 2011-05-26 · resigned 2012-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21