EVENING STAR FR LLP

💤Zombieactive
SO301078 · llp · incorporated 2006-09-28
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.6y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.13M£1.16M
Debtors£38.3k£19.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-03
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  3. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-03
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  5. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-03
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  7. 2023-01-04
    📄
    appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
    officers · LLAP02
  8. 2022-09-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  9. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-03
    ➕
    MELANTIC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  11. 2022-06-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
  12. 2022-06-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  13. 2022-06-08
    📄
    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  14. 2022-05-27
    ➖
    SMITH ESTATES PETERHEAD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  15. 2021-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-10-01
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  17. 2021-03-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  18. 2021-03-30
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
  19. 2021-03-30
    📄
    change-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH02
  20. 2020-09-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  21. 2020-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-09-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  23. 2019-09-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-10-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  25. 2018-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  26. 2017-11-02
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  27. 2017-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  28. 2015-01-24
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    Charge satisfied #3
  29. 2015-01-24
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  30. 2014-07-02
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 2014-03-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2014-02-13
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 2013-09-30
    ➖
    SMITH, Colin Webster resigned
    llp-designated-member
  34. 2013-09-30
    ➕
    SMITH ESTATES PETERHEAD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  35. 2009-03-01
    ➕
    SMITH, Colin Webster appointed
    llp-designated-member
  36. 2009-03-01
    ➖
    MACKINCO (54) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  37. 2006-11-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  38. 2006-10-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  39. 2006-10-13
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  40. 2006-09-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EVENING STAR FR LLP
  41. 2006-09-28
    ➕
    G & Y BUCHAN LTD appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  42. 2006-09-28
    ➕
    MACKINCO (54) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

G & Y Buchan Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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G & Y Buchan Ltd
Corporate parent
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This company · SO301078

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
G & Y Buchan Ltd
Corporate entity
—75–100%75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Smith Estates Peterhead Limitedceased 27/05/2022· 25-50% voting

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2006-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC—

Registered office

141 Heritage House
Shore Street
Fraserburgh
AB43 9BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

G & Y BUCHAN LTD→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2006-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MELANTIC LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2022-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Colin Webster→
llp-designated-member · ~60y · appointed 2009-03-01 · resigned 2013-09-30
Resigned
MACKINCO (54) LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2009-03-01
Resigned
SMITH ESTATES PETERHEAD LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2013-09-30 · resigned 2022-05-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property02/07/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property13/02/2014—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Deed of undertakings incorporating assignation1 property09/11/200624/01/2015
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Mortgage of a ship1 property31/10/200624/01/2015
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property13/10/200619/03/2014
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-10-03
appoint-corporate-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-appointment-date
officers · LLAP02
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
2022-06-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2022-06-10
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-10-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC05
2021-03-30