FOCALSTREAM LIMITED

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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
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-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 16.1y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.1 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.

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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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £24,937

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£25k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£835k
↑ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£167k£334k£501k£668k£835kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
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
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  4. 2024-09-15
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  5. 2023-09-17
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  6. 2022-08-16
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  7. 2021-07-23
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  8. 2020-06-25
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  9. 2019-11-27
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  10. 2019-11-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  11. 2019-09-13
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  12. 2018-09-28
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  13. 2017-09-26
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  14. 2016-09-07
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  15. 2015-12-31
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  16. 2015-07-02
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  17. 2015-07-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2015-02-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Raymond Paterson
  19. 2014-03-20
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    DUFFY, John resigned
    director
  20. 2010-04-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Elizabeth Maria Paterson
  21. 2010-04-02
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    DUFFY, John appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-30
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    ROBBIE, Gordon Graeme appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-30
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    JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2010-03-30
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    TOWNSEND, Paul Michael resigned
    director
  25. 2009-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As FOCALSTREAM LIMITED
  26. 2009-12-09
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    JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2009-12-09
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    TOWNSEND, Paul Michael 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.
  • +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 candidate

Strong 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

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 Gordon Graeme Robbie
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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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.

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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→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-12-09 · resigned 2010-03-30
Resigned
DUFFY, John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-04-02 · resigned 2014-03-20
Resigned
TOWNSEND, Paul Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-12-09 · resigned 2010-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Raymond Paterson
A registered charge1 property27/02/201527/11/2019
satisfied
Elizabeth Maria Paterson
Standard security2 properties15/04/201002/07/2015

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