F. P. BREEN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC244307 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-20

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

£2.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 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

53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,195

Cash draining

Cash down 73% YoY

Cash YoY

-73%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↓ 73% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 50% YoY

Current Assets

£16k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£6.4k	£8.7k
Current assets	£15.9k	£19.7k
Cash	£2.8k	£10.2k
Debtors	£13.1k	£9.5k
Net assets	£2.2k	£1.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2024-12-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-16
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accounts · AA
2022-12-28
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accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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accounts · AA
2021-01-23
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accounts · AA
2019-12-06
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accounts · AA
2018-12-27
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accounts · AA
2017-12-05
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accounts · AA
2016-10-04
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accounts · AA
2016-03-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-07
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accounts · AA
2015-03-03
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2014-08-29
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accounts · AA
2014-04-22
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2003-02-20
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Company incorporated
As F. P. BREEN LIMITED
2003-02-20
➕
CUMMISKEY, Deborah appointed
secretary
2003-02-20
➕
BREEN, Francis Patrick appointed
director
2003-02-20
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-20
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-02-20
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-02-20
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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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BREEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Francis Patrick Breen Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-02-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

52 Quarry Street

Hamilton

Lanarkshire

ML3 7AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-06

Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CUMMISKEY, Deborah→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-20

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Active

BREEN, Francis Patrick→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-02-20

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2003-02-20

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-20 · resigned 2003-02-20

Resigned

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