CONTAINERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC227993 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-12
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 Feb 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-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
59 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 Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-11-12
    ➖
    MULDERS, Anita Jacqueline resigned
    secretary
  17. 2002-03-08
    ➕
    MULDERS, Jerry appointed
    director
  18. 2002-03-08
    ➕
    MULDERS, Anita Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-03-08
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-03-08
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As CONTAINERS LIMITED
  22. 2002-02-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-02-12
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Jerry Mulders
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

41 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MULDERS, Jerry→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MULDERS, Anita Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-08 · resigned 2012-11-12
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2002-03-08
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2002-03-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30