PEER-GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC236237 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£17.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.3y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,166

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
↑ 1711% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£18.4k£2.1k
Current assets£40.3k£29.6k
Net assets£17.2k£948

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2021-12-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-12-06
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    address · AD01
  9. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-20
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  18. 2005-08-31
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    JONES, Janet Lillian, Dr appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-08-31
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    MILNE, Kerry resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-03-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 2003-10-30
    ➖
    MANSON, James Hunter resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-10-30
    ➖
    MANSON, James Hunter resigned
    director
  23. 2003-10-20
    ➕
    MILNE, Kerry appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    JONES, Peter Clive appointed
    director
  25. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    MANSON, James Hunter appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    MANSON, James Hunter appointed
    director
  27. 2002-09-05
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2002-09-05
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As PEER-GROUP INTERNATIONAL LTD.
  30. 2002-09-02
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-09-02
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 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 Peter Clive Jones
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

Ettrickshaws Lodge
Ettrick Bridge
Selkirk
Selkirkshire
TD7 5HW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

JONES, Janet Lillian, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Peter Clive→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANSON, James Hunter→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2003-10-30
Resigned
MILNE, Kerry→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-20 · resigned 2005-08-31
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-02 · resigned 2002-09-05
Resigned
MANSON, James Hunter→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-09-17 · resigned 2003-10-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-02 · resigned 2002-09-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property29/03/2004—
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Recent filings (91 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-11-25