PETROFOCUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC177713 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-29
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-9.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other software publishing
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,584
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,548 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£10k
↓ 207% YoY
Current Assets
£113k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£10k£17k£45k£72k£99k£126kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-9.6k£9.0k
Current assets£113.4k£125.7k
Net assets£-9.6k£9.0k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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  2. 2024-07-15
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  3. 2023-11-28
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-10-02
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    DOUGLAS, Marina Victoria appointed
    director
  5. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-09-22
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  7. 2021-08-03
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  8. 2020-09-07
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  9. 2019-10-07
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  10. 2018-09-03
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  11. 2017-09-21
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  12. 2017-06-01
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  13. 2016-10-18
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  14. 2015-10-06
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  15. 2015-08-20
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  16. 2014-12-16
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  17. 2008-07-01
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    DAVIE, John Robert appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-07-01
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    MESSRS JAMIESON DAVIE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2002-12-06
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    DOUGLAS, Arthur Donald resigned
    director
  20. 2000-09-21
    ➕
    MESSRS JAMIESON DAVIE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2000-09-21
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    PHILIP GAULD & CO resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1997-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As PETROFOCUS LIMITED
  23. 1997-07-29
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Ian Donald appointed
    director
  24. 1997-07-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-07-29
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-07-29
    ➕
    PHILIP GAULD & CO appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1997-07-29
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Arthur Donald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Donald Douglas
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1997-07-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58290 — Other software publishing

Registered office

The James Gregory Centre Aberdeen Innovation Park
Balgownie Drive
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB22 8GU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DAVIE, John Robert→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGLAS, Ian Donald→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGLAS, Marina Victoria→
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MESSRS JAMIESON DAVIE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-09-21 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-29 · resigned 1997-07-29
Resigned
PHILIP GAULD & CO→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-07-29 · resigned 2000-09-21
Resigned
DOUGLAS, Arthur Donald→
director · ~99y · appointed 1997-07-29 · resigned 2002-12-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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2025-10-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-29