ROSSCO ESTATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC360841 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-08

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70221Financial management

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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: high (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

6 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 6 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 change-of-name

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-25
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capital · SH01
2025-09-05
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2022-08-22
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accounts · AA
2021-09-08
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accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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accounts · AA
2018-09-05
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accounts · AA
2009-06-08
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Company incorporated
As ROSSCO ESTATES LIMITED
2009-06-08
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HOWIE, Simon Macpherson appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 59. 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 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 med ·

Name changed recently

medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-12-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

6 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Karen Elizabeth Margaret Howie Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	23/02/2026
Mr Norman Mcleod Howie Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	23/02/2026
Mr Bruce Alexander Lamond Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	23/02/2026
Mr Simon Macpherson Howie Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016
Mr Ross Macpherson Howie Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	23/02/2026
Mrs Lynne Keay Tree Individual · British · DOB 12/1993 · age 33	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	23/02/2026

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

Incorporated2009-06-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Findony

Muckhart Road

Dunning

Perthshire

PH2 0RA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HOWIE, Simon Macpherson→

director · ~59y · appointed 2009-06-08

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Active

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-14

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