THE PICKLED PEACOCK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC680707 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-12
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees600300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-08-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-07-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-07-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-07-04
    DUNCAN, Holly Emslie resigned
    director
  10. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As THE PICKLED PEACOCK LIMITED
  12. 2020-11-12
    MCCALLUM, Linsay Alison appointed
    director
  13. 2020-11-12
    DUNCAN, Holly Emslie appointed
    director
  14. 2020-11-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Linsay Alison Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/11/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Holly Emslie Duncanceased 04/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

6 Meadowview Drive
Inchture
Perth
PH14 9RQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCCALLUM, Linsay Alison
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-11-12
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Active
DUNCAN, Holly Emslie
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-11-12 · resigned 2022-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-11-12