ANDREW PLUNKETT STEEL BUILDINGS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC206101 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-10

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£101.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.6y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £101,535

Very low cash

Cash position: £90

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,491 YoY

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£90

~ YoY

Net Worth

£102k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£732k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£228.8k	£279.1k
Current assets	£732.2k	£1.38M
Cash	£90	£90
Debtors	£732.1k	£1.38M
Net assets	£101.5k	£115.0k

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2018-09-17
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2015-03-30
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PLUNKETT, Gail Maxwell resigned
secretary
2015-03-30
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PLUNKETT, Gail Maxwell resigned
director
2000-04-10
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Company incorporated
As ANDREW PLUNKETT STEEL BUILDINGS LIMITED
2000-04-10
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PLUNKETT, Andrew John appointed
director
2000-04-10
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PLUNKETT, Gail Maxwell appointed
secretary
2000-04-10
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-10
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-04-10
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PLUNKETT, Gail Maxwell appointed
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PLUNKETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mrs Gail Maxwell Plunkett Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016
Mr Andrew John Plunkett Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2000-04-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit 2 Bladnoch Bridge Estate

Wigtown

Newton Stewart

Wigtownshire

DG8 9AB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-13

Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PLUNKETT, Andrew John→

director · ~57y · appointed 2000-04-10

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Active

PLUNKETT, Gail Maxwell→

secretary · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2015-03-30

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2000-04-10

Resigned

PLUNKETT, Gail Maxwell→

director · ~51y · appointed 2000-04-10 · resigned 2015-03-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Santander Santander UK PLC	A registered charge	—	30/09/2016	—

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