FOUNDATION INVESTMENTS SCOTLAND LP

💤Zombieactive
SL017758 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2014-08-28
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
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (41/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
No officers data
0
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
60
Adequate data — full accounts will sharpen view.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 incorporation
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  2. 2025-09-18
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  3. 2024-09-17
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  4. 2024-09-12
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  5. 2023-09-05
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  6. 2022-09-07
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  7. 2021-09-13
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  8. 2021-01-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
  9. 2021-01-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
  10. 2020-10-08
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  11. 2020-01-28
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  12. 2019-09-18
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  13. 2019-09-11
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  14. 2018-08-03
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  15. 2017-10-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  16. 2017-05-26
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  17. 2017-05-25
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  18. 2016-07-27
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  19. 2016-04-19
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  20. 2015-07-16
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  21. 2015-05-11
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  22. 2014-11-05
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  23. 2014-09-18
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  24. 2014-08-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FOUNDATION INVESTMENTS SCOTLAND LP
  25. 2014-08-28
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP5

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Group structure

Foundation Investments Scotland Lp (Gp) Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Foundation Investments Scotland Lp (Gp) Llp
Corporate parent
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FOUNDATION INVESTMENTS SCOTLAND LP
This company · SL017758

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Foundation Investments Scotland Lp (Gp) Llp
Corporate entity
—75–100%75-100% voting26/06/2017
Mr George Anthony David Whittaker
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
—50–75%50-75% voting26/06/2017
Mr Keith Andrew Willis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
—25–50%25-50% voting26/06/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typelimited-partnership
Incorporated2014-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC—

Registered office

Citypoint
65 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 5HD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (24 total)

legacy
incorporation · LP6
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2021-09-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
2021-01-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC01
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2020-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2019-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2019-09-11
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2018-08-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2017-10-18