FOCUS OFFSHORE LOGISTICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC324245 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-8.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £8,894

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Assets
-£7k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£9k-£9k-£8k-£8k-£8k-£7kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-8.9k£-8.6k
Current assets£-7.4k£-7.4k
Net assets£-8.9k£-8.6k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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  4. 2022-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2021-08-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-05
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    address · AD01
  11. 2019-02-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-02-05
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-02-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-10-01
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    BURTWELL, Gavin Bryan appointed
    director
  18. 2007-10-01
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    SMITH, Colin resigned
    director
  19. 2007-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As FOCUS OFFSHORE LOGISTICS LIMITED
  20. 2007-05-23
    ➕
    ALDRIDGE, David John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-05-23
    ➕
    ALDRIDGE, David John appointed
    director
  22. 2007-05-23
    ➕
    SMITH, Colin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Aldridge
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-05-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Dallas Avenue
Burntisland
KY3 9ET
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ALDRIDGE, David John→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-23
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Active
ALDRIDGE, David John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-05-23
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Active
BURTWELL, Gavin Bryan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Colin→
director · ~74y · appointed 2007-05-23 · resigned 2007-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23