SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC503383 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-15

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£18.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: 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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £18,143

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£18k

↑ 139% YoY

Current Assets

£128k

↑ 35% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£63.0k	£57.1k
Current assets	£128.1k	£95.1k
Net assets	£18.1k	£7.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-20
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2025-10-30
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2024-10-22
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2023-10-28
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2022-10-31
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2021-10-30
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2021-01-19
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2019-10-25
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2018-10-17
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2017-10-25
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2017-01-06
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2017-01-05
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accounts · AA01
2016-09-15
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officers · TM01
2016-09-05
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SOLLE, Thomas Herbert resigned
director
2016-06-03
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2016-05-23
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address · AD01
2015-04-15
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Company incorporated
As SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
2015-04-15
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GORDON, Gary Douglas appointed
director
2015-04-15
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SOLLE, Thomas Herbert 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

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gary Douglas Gordon Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-04-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 2a The Paddock

Stirling Agricultural Centre

Stirling

FK9 4RN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-29

Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

GORDON, Gary Douglas→

director · ~56y · appointed 2015-04-15

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Active

SOLLE, Thomas Herbert→

director · ~62y · appointed 2015-04-15 · resigned 2016-09-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-20