METHVEN PHARMACY LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC328789 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-06

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 · high confidence

Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.

· Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
· Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
· Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable
· Hygiene score: 90 → 85

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "zombie"

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

↓Lifecycle stage: mature → zombie
·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → zombie_hold
↑Deal-killer verdict: clean → workable
↓Hygiene score: 90 → 85
↓Refinance opportunity: ready → under_pressure

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.1y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 13.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-05-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-20
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DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving resigned
director
2025-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-12-13
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mortgage · MR04
2018-12-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-07-23
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accounts · AA
2017-08-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-15
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accounts · AA01
2015-11-06
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officers · AP01
2015-11-05
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DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving appointed
director
2015-09-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2013-12-31
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MCNICOLL, Angus resigned
director
2013-04-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-08-04
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MCNICOLL, Angus appointed
director
2007-08-10
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GORDON, Allan Stewart appointed
secretary
2007-08-10
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GORDON, Allan Stewart appointed
director
2007-08-07
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-08-07
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-08-06
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Company incorporated
As METHVEN PHARMACY LTD
2007-08-06
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-08-06
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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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Group structure

Walter Davidson And Sons Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Walter Davidson And Sons Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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METHVEN PHARMACY LTD

This company · SC328789

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Walter Davidson And Sons Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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ISLE OF MUCK COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED→ SC139386 · est 1992 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	33y	80	80y
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-08-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

21-24 Wellmeadow Wellmeadow

Blairgowrie

Perthshire

PH10 6AT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GORDON, Allan Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2007-08-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GORDON, Allan Stewart→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-08-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-06 · resigned 2007-08-07

Resigned

DAVIDSON, Graeme Walter Irving→

director · ~67y · appointed 2015-11-05 · resigned 2026-03-20

Resigned

MCNICOLL, Angus→

director · ~71y · appointed 2011-08-04 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-06 · resigned 2007-08-07

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	04/04/2013	13/12/2018

Recent filings (53 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-05-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-08-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-10-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2023-10-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-10-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-08-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-08-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2019-07-05