COGENT FOCUS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC426229 · ltd · incorporated 2012-06-14
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees2200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-07-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-01-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-02-28
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    address · AD01
  11. 2022-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2012-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As COGENT FOCUS LIMITED
  18. 2012-06-14
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    ROY, Grant Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2012-06-14
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  20. 2012-06-14
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  21. 2012-06-14
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    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  22. 2012-06-14
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  23. 2012-06-14
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  24. 2012-06-14
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Grant Alexander Roy
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control14/06/2017
Lorna Roy
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2023

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
Incorporated2012-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ROY, Grant Alexander→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2012-06-14 · resigned 2012-06-14
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-06-14 · resigned 2012-06-14
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-06-14 · resigned 2012-06-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18