FLEMING PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC382298 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-21
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-65.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £65,258
Very low cash
Cash position: £13
Cash YoY
-35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13
↓ 35% YoY
Net Worth
-£65k
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£65k-£52k-£39k-£26k-£13k£20Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Cash£13£20
Net assets£-65.3k£-63.3k

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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  2. 2025-06-19
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  3. 2025-06-19
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  4. 2025-06-18
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  5. 2025-06-18
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  6. 2025-06-18
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  7. 2024-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-13
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  9. 2023-03-08
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  10. 2022-12-12
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    address · AD01
  11. 2022-06-21
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  12. 2022-03-18
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  13. 2021-03-26
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  14. 2020-06-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2020-06-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  16. 2020-06-14
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  17. 2020-01-30
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  18. 2019-11-20
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  19. 2010-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As FLEMING PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LTD
  20. 2010-07-21
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    FLEMING, Lesley Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-21
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2010-07-21
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 "FLEMING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lesley Anne Fleming
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Ochilview
67 Main Street
Perth
Perth And Kinross
PH1 3QJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

FLEMING, Lesley Anne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-07-21
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Active
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-07-21 · resigned 2010-07-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-19
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20