LIMETREE (ECOSSE) HOLDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC739366 · ltd · incorporated 2022-07-26
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 · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 9 → 11
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 911
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£30
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £30

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£30
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£100kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£100.0k£100.0k
Current assets£100.0k£100.0k
Net assets£30£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
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2026-05-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-02-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-07-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LIMETREE (ECOSSE) HOLDINGS LIMITED
  9. 2022-07-26
    MARWICK, Fraser George appointed
    director
  10. 2022-07-26
    📄
    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

1 high · 1 low
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Fraser George Marwick
Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/07/2022

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
Incorporated2022-07-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

16 Forth Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3LH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MARWICK, Fraser George
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-07-26
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Recent filings (11 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-07-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-07-26