FLOWLINING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC647886 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-25
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-30
Average employees2

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-13
    ➕
    BARNES, Jane appointed
    director
  3. 2025-06-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-08-14
    ➕
    TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  5. 2024-08-14
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  6. 2024-08-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FLOWLINING LIMITED
  11. 2019-11-25
    ➕
    BARNES, Stephen appointed
    director
  12. 2019-11-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/11/2019

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
Incorporated2019-11-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Turcan Connell Princes Exchange
1 Earl Grey Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH3 9EE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TURCAN CONNELL COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-08-14
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Active
BARNES, Jane→
director · ~69y · appointed 2025-06-13
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Active
BARNES, Stephen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2019-11-25
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-11-25