FAMILY CIRCLE CARE LTD.
💤Zombieactive
SC230595 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£631.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 86900Other human health activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.0y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £631,433
Net assets shrinking
Down £91,864 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£301k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£631k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£731k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £631.9k | £724.4k |
| Current assets | £731.1k | £839.0k |
| Cash | £301.4k | £577.9k |
| Debtors | £429.7k | £261.1k |
| Net assets | £631.4k | £723.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-02-20➖MCKAY, Douglas resignedsecretary
- 2004-04-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-01-24➕MCKAY, Douglas appointedsecretary
- 2003-01-24➖PARK, Eleanor Thomson Morgan resignedsecretary
- 2002-05-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2002-04-22🏢Company incorporatedAs FAMILY CIRCLE CARE LTD.
- 2002-04-22➕DUBICKAS, Deborah Jane appointeddirector
- 2002-04-22➕PARK, Eleanor Thomson Morgan appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Deborah Jane Dubickas Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 23/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-04-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
22 Tower Street
Edinburgh
EH6 7BY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-06
Last: 2025-04-22
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
DUBICKAS, Deborah Jane→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2002-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKAY, Douglas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2011-02-20
PARK, Eleanor Thomson Morgan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2003-01-24
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 08/04/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 17/05/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (59 total)
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2024-12-28
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2024-06-17
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2023-12-29
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2023-05-04
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2022-12-07
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2022-04-22
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2021-12-28
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2021-05-05
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2020-12-31
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2020-04-22
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2019-12-23
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2019-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2018-12-28