AYRSHIRE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC345188 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-02
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 84250SIC 84250
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
41 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-04
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-31
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    BUCHERT, Paul Anthony Patrick resigned
    director
  12. 2017-07-31
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-02-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AYRSHIRE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2008-07-02
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    PARKER, Gary appointed
    director
  19. 2008-07-02
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    BUCHERT, Paul Anthony Patrick appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Gary Parker
Individual · American · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

85 Argyle Road
Saltcoats
KA21 5NE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

PARKER, Gary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-07-02
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Active
BUCHERT, Paul Anthony Patrick→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-07-02 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-02