CALEDONIAN FLOW SYSTEMS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC193876 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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 (78/100)

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£195k£391k£586k£782k£977kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£978.4k
Current assets—£977.2k
Net assets—£966.9k
Average employees100—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-08-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-08-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2018-06-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-06-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-05-15
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2017-07-24
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    PINTO, Marina Dorina resigned
    director
  18. 2015-11-30
    ➖
    PINTO, Marina Dorina resigned
    secretary
  19. 2015-11-30
    ➕
    PINTO, Marina Dorina appointed
    director
  20. 2002-06-18
    ➖
    BROWN, Julien Keith resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-06-18
    ➕
    PINTO, Marina Dorina appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-04-30
    ➖
    BLACK, James Henry resigned
    director
  23. 2001-04-30
    ➖
    BROWN, Julien Keith resigned
    director
  24. 1999-03-02
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    Company incorporated
    As CALEDONIAN FLOW SYSTEMS LTD.
  25. 1999-03-02
    ➕
    PINTO, Denis Francis appointed
    director
  26. 1999-03-02
    ➕
    BROWN, Julien Keith appointed
    secretary
  27. 1999-03-02
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-03-02
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1999-03-02
    ➕
    BLACK, James Henry appointed
    director
  30. 1999-03-02
    ➕
    BROWN, Julien Keith appointed
    director
  31. 1999-03-02
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1999-03-02
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Denis Francis Pinto
Individual · British · DOB 10/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marina Dorina Pintoceased 24/07/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-03-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

36 Angusfield Avenue
Aberdeen
AB15 6AQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

PINTO, Denis Francis→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Julien Keith→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 2002-06-18
Resigned
PINTO, Marina Dorina→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-18 · resigned 2015-11-30
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 1999-03-02
Resigned
BLACK, James Henry→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 2001-04-30
Resigned
BROWN, Julien Keith→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 2001-04-30
Resigned
PINTO, Marina Dorina→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-11-30 · resigned 2017-07-24
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-02 · resigned 1999-03-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-08-13