FORMIMPEX L.P.

💤Zombieactive
SL026029 · limited-partnership · incorporated 2016-04-14
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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What this business does

Likely a shell or holding vehicle involved in import/export trade (suggested by the "form/imp/ex" naming convention), registered in Scotland as a limited partnership with no declared SIC codes and minimal filing activity, indicating little or no active trading operations.

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 (39/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2018-11-16
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  2. 2018-09-25
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    confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
  3. 2018-04-24
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  4. 2017-10-27
    📄
    legacy
    incorporation · LP6
  5. 2017-10-25
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
  6. 2016-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FORMIMPEX L.P.
  7. 2016-04-14
    📄
    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 10 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

Sidemark Industrial L.P. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Sidemark Industrial L.P.
Corporate parent
FORMIMPEX L.P.
This company · SL026029

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sidemark Industrial L.P.
Corporate entity
control reported10/10/2017

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
Incorporated2016-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC

Registered office

Suite 1 4 Queen Street
Edinburgh
EH2 1JE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last: 2018-04-13

Officers (0 active · 0 resigned)

Recent filings (6 total)

legacy
incorporation · LP6
2018-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · SLPCS01
2018-09-25
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2018-04-24
legacy
incorporation · LP6
2017-10-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-scottish-limited-partnership
persons-with-significant-control · SLPPSC02
2017-10-25
legacy
incorporation · LP5
2016-04-14