AXSYS MEDICAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC212310 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-25

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hospital activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-07-01
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2023-11-01
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2023-06-21
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2022-08-11
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2021-06-22
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2019-10-31
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2019-08-10
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2018-06-25
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2017-08-21
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2016-07-01
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2015-10-31
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-28
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accounts · AA
2014-11-07
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CAMPBELL, Gordon appointed
secretary
2014-11-07
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LEE, Gerard William resigned
secretary
2014-11-07
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annual-return · AR01
2014-11-07
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2000-10-25
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Company incorporated
As AXSYS MEDICAL LIMITED
2000-10-25
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CAMPBELL, Derek John appointed
director
2000-10-25
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LEE, Gerard William appointed
secretary
2000-10-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-10-25
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-10-25
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-10-25
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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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Derek John Campbell Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	09/06/2016

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

Incorporated2000-10-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86101 — Hospital activities

Registered office

Bellcraig Farm,

Carmunnock

Glasgow

Lanarkshire

G76 9EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Gordon→

secretary · appointed 2014-11-07

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Active

CAMPBELL, Derek John→

director · ~71y · appointed 2000-10-25

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Active

LEE, Gerard William→

secretary · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2014-11-07

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2000-10-25

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-25 · resigned 2000-10-25

Resigned

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