MARK GUILD OILS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC142101 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-14
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£20.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46711
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 33.1y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £20,000
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£20k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£20k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £20.0k | £20.0k |
| Current assets | £20.0k | £20.0k |
| Net assets | £20.0k | £20.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-01-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-01-25➕NISBET, Kathleen appointedsecretary
- 2002-01-25➖GUILD, Mark David James resignedsecretary
- 2002-01-25➖WEBSTER, Andrew Gordon resigneddirector
- 1995-03-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1993-04-24➖BLACKADDERS SOLICITORS resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1993-03-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1993-03-24➕GUILD, Mark David James appointedsecretary
- 1993-01-25➕GUILD, Mark David James appointeddirector
- 1993-01-25➖MEIKLEJOHN, William Alexander resigneddirector
- 1993-01-25➕WEBSTER, Andrew Gordon appointeddirector
- 1993-01-14🏢Company incorporatedAs MARK GUILD OILS LIMITED
- 1993-01-14➕BLACKADDERS SOLICITORS appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1993-01-14➕MEIKLEJOHN, William Alexander appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GUILD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark David James Guild Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/05/2016 |
Mr Mark David James Guild Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 01/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46711 — SIC 46711
Registered office
Chapelpark House
17 Academy Street
Forfar
DD8 2HA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
Active
GUILD, Mark David James→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1993-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GUILD, Mark David James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-03-24 · resigned 2002-01-25
BLACKADDERS SOLICITORS→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1993-01-14 · resigned 1993-04-24
MEIKLEJOHN, William Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 1993-01-14 · resigned 1993-01-25
WEBSTER, Andrew Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · appointed 1993-01-25 · resigned 2002-01-25
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 03/03/1995 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 26/03/1993 | — |
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Recent filings (83 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-02