FINANCE CONSULTANCY (SCOTLAND) LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC317324 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-26
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (69/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-03-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2007-03-01
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  16. 2007-03-01
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  17. 2007-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As FINANCE CONSULTANCY (SCOTLAND) LTD
  18. 2007-02-26
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    WHITHAM, Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-02-26
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    WHITHAM, Stephen Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2007-02-26
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-02-26
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

2 Old Bridge Wynd
Stirling
FK9 5GB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WHITHAM, Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-26
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Active
WHITHAM, Stephen Michael→
director · ~73y · appointed 2007-02-26
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-26 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-26 · resigned 2007-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-10