FOCUS OIL AND GAS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC336587 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-23
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
£-444.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £443,955

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£444k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£444k-£354k-£265k-£175k-£86k£4kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-444.0k£-443.6k
Current assets£3.9k£3.9k
Net assets£-444.0k£-443.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 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-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-04-15
    ➕
    ALDRIDGE, David John appointed
    director
  11. 2019-04-15
    ➖
    FOCUS GROUP (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  12. 2019-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-02-17
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    change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH02
  14. 2019-02-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2019-02-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-02-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-02-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-02-16
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    DUFF, Philip resigned
    director
  19. 2018-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-01-11
    ➖
    ELLIS, Colin Leslie resigned
    director
  21. 2016-01-11
    ➖
    MURRAY, Richard George resigned
    director
  22. 2016-01-11
    ➖
    WOOLLER, Jonathan Mark resigned
    director
  23. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    MURRAY, Richard George appointed
    director
  24. 2014-07-01
    ➕
    WOOLLER, Jonathan Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2013-10-28
    ➕
    ELLIS, Colin Leslie appointed
    director
  26. 2008-06-10
    ➕
    DUFF, Philip appointed
    director
  27. 2008-01-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FOCUS OIL AND GAS LIMITED
  28. 2008-01-23
    ➕
    BURTWELL, Gavin Bryan appointed
    secretary
  29. 2008-01-23
    ➕
    FOCUS GROUP (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Philip Duffceased 31/03/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-01-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

2 Dallas Avenue
Burntisland
Fife
KY3 9ET
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-08
Last: 2026-01-25

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BURTWELL, Gavin Bryan→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALDRIDGE, David John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUFF, Philip→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-06-10 · resigned 2019-02-16
Resigned
ELLIS, Colin Leslie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-10-28 · resigned 2016-01-11
Resigned
MURRAY, Richard George→
director · ~80y · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2016-01-11
Resigned
WOOLLER, Jonathan Mark→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2016-01-11
Resigned
FOCUS GROUP (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-23 · resigned 2019-04-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11