BUDGET WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC195959 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-05

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 May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-02-25
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2025-02-21
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2024-02-29
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2023-01-25
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2022-01-26
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2021-04-29
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2020-02-20
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2019-02-08
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2018-02-07
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accounts · AA
2017-01-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-30
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accounts · AA
2015-06-09
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-02-06
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accounts · AA
2014-06-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2000-06-02
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WATSON, Jennifer appointed
secretary
2000-06-02
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THE PRG PARTNERSHIP resigned
corporate-secretary
1999-05-20
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WATSON, Mark James appointed
director
1999-05-20
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THE PRG PARTNERSHIP appointed
corporate-secretary
1999-05-11
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-05-11
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1999-05-05
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Company incorporated
As BUDGET WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIES LTD.
1999-05-05
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-05-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-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 27 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark James Watson Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Jennifer Watson Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-05-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

29 Brandon Street

Hamilton

South Lanarkshire

ML3 6DA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-19

Last: 2025-05-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WATSON, Jennifer→

secretary · appointed 2000-06-02

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Active

WATSON, Mark James→

director · ~66y · appointed 1999-05-20

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-05-05 · resigned 1999-05-11

Resigned

THE PRG PARTNERSHIP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-05-20 · resigned 2000-06-02

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-05-05 · resigned 1999-05-11

Resigned

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