DUFFY & CO. FM & BUSINESS SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC442164 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-06

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£4.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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 (78/100)

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,733

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

↑ 206% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£4.7k	£1.5k
Current assets	£10.1k	—
Net assets	£4.7k	£1.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-17
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2025-07-29
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2024-11-13
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2023-11-29
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2022-11-30
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2021-11-29
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2021-01-28
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2019-11-29
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2019-02-08
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2018-11-26
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2017-12-18
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2016-05-11
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2015-11-24
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2013-02-06
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Company incorporated
As DUFFY & CO. FM & BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
2013-02-06
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DUFFY, Gordon Joseph appointed
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DUFFY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Joseph Duffy Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	17/02/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Gordon Joseph Duffyceased 17/02/2026· 75-100% 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

Incorporated2013-02-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

13 Garvel Drive

Greenock

Renfrewshire

PA15 4NN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DUFFY, Gordon Joseph→

director · ~65y · appointed 2013-02-06

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Recent filings (29 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-02-17

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-02-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-07-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-11-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-11-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-01-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-01-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-02-17