ZOOM ARDALZIEL LAND LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC537833 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-14

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-01
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accounts · AA
2025-08-15
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address · AD01
2025-03-26
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accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts · AA
2022-03-16
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accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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accounts · AA
2020-04-23
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accounts · AA
2019-04-24
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accounts · AA
2018-03-05
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accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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officers · TM01
2016-06-17
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officers · AP01
2016-06-16
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LIVINGSTON, Douglas appointed
director
2016-06-16
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DONALDSON, Robert resigned
director
2016-06-14
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Company incorporated
As ZOOM ARDALZIEL LAND LTD
2016-06-14
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O'DONNELL, James appointed
director
2016-06-14
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DONALDSON, Robert appointed
director
2016-06-14
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James O'Donnell Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · firm interest	21/06/2016

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

Incorporated2016-06-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

C/0 Zoom 3rd Floor Erskine House 1 North Avenue

Clydebank Business Park

Clydebank

G81 2DR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-27

Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LIVINGSTON, Douglas→

director · ~70y · appointed 2016-06-16

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Active

O'DONNELL, James→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-06-14

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Active

DONALDSON, Robert→

director · ~70y · appointed 2016-06-14 · resigned 2016-06-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-03-01

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-08-15