LEVERAGE IP LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC212452 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-25
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
68 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-01-07
    ➖
    BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2001-12-05
    ➖
    THOMSON, Morag resigned
    director
  18. 2001-08-27
    ➖
    THOMSON, Bruce resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-08-17
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    BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2000-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As LEVERAGE IP LTD.
  21. 2000-10-25
    ➕
    THOMSON, Bruce Walter appointed
    director
  22. 2000-10-25
    ➕
    THOMSON, Bruce appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-10-25
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-10-25
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-10-25
    ➕
    THOMSON, Morag appointed
    director
  26. 2000-10-25
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2000-10-25
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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 25 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bruce Walter Thomson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-10-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

34 Churchill Tower
South Harbour Street
Ayr
KA7 1JT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

THOMSON, Bruce Walter→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMSON, Bruce→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2001-08-27
Resigned
BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-08-17 · resigned 2009-01-07
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned
THOMSON, Morag→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2001-12-05
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2000-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-25