FLP CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC262323 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-22

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£9.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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

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

56 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 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,792

Net assets shrinking

Down £5,659 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£10k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£40k

↑ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£9.8k	£15.5k
Current assets	£39.8k	£31.8k
Net assets	£9.8k	£15.5k

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.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand

2025-07-31
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2024-07-09
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2023-05-29
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2022-04-12
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2021-06-08
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2020-06-08
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2019-09-26
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2018-08-27
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2017-11-02
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2016-11-01
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accounts · AA
2016-02-12
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-09
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accounts · AA
2015-02-16
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2014-09-03
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2014-02-17
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annual-return · AR01
2004-01-22
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Company incorporated
As FLP CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2004-01-22
➕
PRINGLE, James William appointed
secretary
2004-01-22
➕
PRINGLE, Frances Lucea appointed
director
2004-01-22
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-22
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-01-22
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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 22 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Miss Frances Lucea Pringle Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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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

Incorporated2004-01-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

North Lodge

Torwoodlee

Galashiels

Selkirkshire

TD1 2NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PRINGLE, James William→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-22

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Active

PRINGLE, Frances Lucea→

director · ~71y · appointed 2004-01-22

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2004-01-22

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-22 · resigned 2004-01-22

Resigned

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