CENTRE LINE SOLUTIONS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC186715 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-12
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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: medium (78/100)

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

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-05-23
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  3. 2023-05-17
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  4. 2022-06-02
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    accounts · AA01
  5. 2021-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-17
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    NEVILLE, Sybilla Mackinnon resigned
    secretary
  8. 2020-01-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-02
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-02-02
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    ADAMS, Brian resigned
    director
  19. 2000-04-03
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    NEVILLE, Sybilla Mackinnon appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-11-07
    ➖
    IRWIN, Robert Montgomery resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-11-07
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    IRWIN, Robert Montgomery resigned
    director
  22. 1999-06-19
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    NEVILLE, Adrian appointed
    director
  23. 1998-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CENTRE LINE SOLUTIONS LTD.
  24. 1998-06-12
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    IRWIN, Robert Montgomery appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    TRAINER, Diane appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-06-12
    ➖
    TRAINER, Diane resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    ADAMS, Brian appointed
    director
  28. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    IRWIN, Robert Montgomery appointed
    director
  29. 1998-06-12
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  30. 1998-06-12
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  31. 1998-06-12
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    nominee-director
  32. 1998-06-12
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

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
Mr Adrian Neville
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares08/02/2018

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
Incorporated1998-06-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

10 Post Office Lane
North Queensferry
Fife
KY11 1JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

NEVILLE, Adrian→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRWIN, Robert Montgomery→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1999-11-07
Resigned
NEVILLE, Sybilla Mackinnon→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2020-01-17
Resigned
TRAINER, Diane→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1998-06-12
Resigned
ADAMS, Brian→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 2011-02-02
Resigned
IRWIN, Robert Montgomery→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1999-11-07
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1998-06-12
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1998-06-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-17