INVERALLAN LANDSCAPES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC257959 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-21
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
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
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
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-05-21
    ➖
    MAXWELL, John resigned
    director
  6. 2025-01-06
    ➖
    MAXWELL, Pamela Anne Rose Sadgrove Dickson resigned
    director
  7. 2025-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-10-15
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Ranald Wallace Richard appointed
    director
  14. 2022-09-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2022-09-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2022-09-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2022-09-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2022-09-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2022-05-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2003-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As INVERALLAN LANDSCAPES LIMITED
  24. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-10-21
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    MAXWELL, John appointed
    director
  28. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    MAXWELL, Pamela Anne Rose Sadgrove Dickson appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 John Maxwell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ranald Wallace Richard Maxwellceased 23/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Pamela Anne Rose Sadgrove Dickson Maxwellceased 23/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2003-10-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

2 Marshall Place
Perth
PH2 8AH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MAXWELL, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAXWELL, Ranald Wallace Richard→
director · ~24y · appointed 2022-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2003-10-21
Resigned
MAXWELL, John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2025-05-21
Resigned
MAXWELL, Pamela Anne Rose Sadgrove Dickson→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2025-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-23