5 ST.VINCENT PLACE LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC411338 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2011-11-15
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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 (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  6. 2024-07-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-07-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-07-01
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    KERR, Andrew William Lindsay resigned
    director
  9. 2024-05-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-05-13
    ➕
    CALDER, Christopher appointed
    director
  11. 2023-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-11-28
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-06-19
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2019-01-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2019-01-01
    ➖
    GALT, Ray resigned
    director
  22. 2019-01-01
    ➖
    HARVEY, Douglas John resigned
    director
  23. 2019-01-01
    ➕
    KERR, Andrew William Lindsay appointed
    director
  24. 2017-01-13
    ➕
    HARVEY, Douglas John appointed
    director
  25. 2017-01-13
    ➖
    LILLIE, Terence John, Dr resigned
    director
  26. 2011-11-16
    ➕
    GALT, Ray appointed
    director
  27. 2011-11-16
    ➕
    LILLIE, Terence John, Dr appointed
    director
  28. 2011-11-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5 ST.VINCENT PLACE LTD.
  29. 2011-11-15
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2011-11-15
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2011-11-15
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  32. 2011-11-15
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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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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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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2011-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

C/O Srg Llp, 4th Floor, Turnberry House
175 West George Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G2 2LB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

CALDER, Christopher→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-11-15 · resigned 2011-11-15
Resigned
GALT, Ray→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-11-16 · resigned 2019-01-01
Resigned
HARVEY, Douglas John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-01-13 · resigned 2019-01-01
Resigned
KERR, Andrew William Lindsay→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-01-01 · resigned 2024-07-01
Resigned
LILLIE, Terence John, Dr→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-11-16 · resigned 2017-01-13
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-11-15 · resigned 2011-11-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-07-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-28