FOCALSTREAM LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC369889 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-09
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£24.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.0y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £24,937
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£25k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£835k
↑ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.4k | £15.6k |
| Current assets | £834.8k | £497.5k |
| Net assets | £24.9k | £16.9k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-11-27🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-31📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2015-07-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2015-02-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Raymond Paterson
- 2014-03-20➖DUFFY, John resigneddirector
- 2010-04-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Elizabeth Maria Paterson
- 2010-04-02➕DUFFY, John appointeddirector
- 2010-03-30➕ROBBIE, Gordon Graeme appointeddirector
- 2010-03-30➖JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-03-30➖TOWNSEND, Paul Michael resigneddirector
- 2009-12-09🏢Company incorporatedAs FOCALSTREAM LIMITED
- 2009-12-09➕JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-12-09➕TOWNSEND, Paul Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 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 candidateStrong 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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 Gordon Graeme Robbie Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73 | 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-12-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
42 Dudhope Crescent Road
Dundee
DD1 5RR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
ROBBIE, Gordon Graeme→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2010-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-12-09 · resigned 2010-03-30
DUFFY, John→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2010-04-02 · resigned 2014-03-20
TOWNSEND, Paul Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2009-12-09 · resigned 2010-03-30
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Raymond Paterson | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/02/2015 | 27/11/2019 | |
| satisfied | Elizabeth Maria Paterson | Standard security | 2 properties | 15/04/2010 | 02/07/2015 |
Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30