UNIEXPRESS TRADE LP

💤Zombieactive
SL027773 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2016-08-02
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (39/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
60
Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2021-09-06
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  2. 2021-04-06
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    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  3. 2020-08-24
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  4. 2020-06-17
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  5. 2019-08-05
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  6. 2019-06-21
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  7. 2019-06-21
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  8. 2019-01-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
  9. 2016-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As UNIEXPRESS TRADE LP
  10. 2016-08-02
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP5

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kristaps Skotelis
Individual · Latvian · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
—75–100%75-100% voting26/06/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typelimited-partnership
Incorporated2016-08-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC—

Registered office

9a Tinto Place
Edinburgh
EH6 5GD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: —
Last: 2020-08-01

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (9 total)

legacy
incorporation · LP6
2021-09-06
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-08-24
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2020-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2019-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2019-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2019-06-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
2019-01-30
legacy
incorporation · LP5
2016-08-02