LAUNDRY (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC546964 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-05

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£28.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, 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 (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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,402

Net assets shrinking

Down £497 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£28k

↓ 1.7% YoY

Current Assets

£51k

↓ 8.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£66.4k	£73.0k
Current assets	£51.1k	£55.6k
Cash	—	£1.5k
Debtors	—	£54.2k
Net assets	£28.4k	£28.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-27
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-25
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2024-12-24
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-10
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-07
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-09-27
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-11-26
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-06
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2021-09-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-10-05
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Company incorporated
As LAUNDRY (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2016-10-05
➕
BUCHANAN, Helen appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.

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
Miss Helen Buchanan Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence	05/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-10-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96010 — Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products

Registered office

Unit 4 Number 53 Love Street

Paisley

PA3 2DZ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-18

Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BUCHANAN, Helen→

director · ~71y · appointed 2016-10-05

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (33 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-01-28

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-25

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-10-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-10-24

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2025-01-14

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-12-24

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-08-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-08-09

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

address · AD01

2024-04-30