GOLDBERRY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC698897 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-17
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 closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 5 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Opportunity score: 56 → 76
  • · Hygiene score: 30 → 90
  • · Bankability: 40 → 75
  • · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 5 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 5 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • Deal-killer verdict: complicatedworkable
  • Opportunity score: 5676
  • Hygiene score: 3090
  • Bankability: 4075
  • Filings: 913
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 78). 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 (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2023Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-072024-06-032023-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-07-02
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-05-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-06
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-02-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GOLDBERRY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  9. 2021-05-17
    COWAN, Anthea appointed
    secretary
  10. 2021-05-17
    COWAN, Anthony, Service Manager appointed
    director
  11. 2021-05-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 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 78 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Service Manager Anthony Cowan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest17/05/2021

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
Incorporated2021-05-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

19 Fairways
Irvine
KA12 8TE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-06-07
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COWAN, Anthea
secretary · appointed 2021-05-17
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Active
COWAN, Anthony, Service Manager
director · ~78y · appointed 2021-05-17
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Recent filings (13 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-07-14
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-05-17