WYLLIE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC570290 · ltd · incorporated 2017-07-03

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£-1.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,907

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£2k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£110k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£43.1k	£43.1k
Current assets	£110.1k	£110.1k
Net assets	£-1.9k	£-1.9k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-04-13
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accounts · AA
2025-10-14
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accounts · AA
2025-09-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-29
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officers · AP01
2025-08-29
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officers · TM01
2025-08-25
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THOMSON, Paul appointed
director
2025-08-25
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WYLLIE, John resigned
director
2025-07-15
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-15
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accounts · AA01
2024-10-21
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accounts · AA
2024-07-23
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accounts · AA01
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA01
2023-04-17
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accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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accounts · AA
2021-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-10
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officers · EW02
2017-07-03
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Company incorporated
As WYLLIE FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
2017-07-03
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WYLLIE, John 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

45/100

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.

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 Paul Thomson Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	25/08/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Wyllieceased 25/08/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-07-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Glasgow Road

Paisley

Renfrewshire

PA1 3QS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-16

Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

THOMSON, Paul→

director · ~43y · appointed 2025-08-25

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Active

WYLLIE, John→

director · ~43y · appointed 2017-07-03 · resigned 2025-08-25

Resigned

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

Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-10-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-02

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-09-02

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-09-02

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-08-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-25

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-07-15

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-04-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-10-21

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-07-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-12

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-28