Company · Paisley

Focalise

Focalise is a business software developer based in Paisley, incorporated in Scotland in 2023 (SC768069).

What they do

“Focalise leads self-learning, visual AI for mission critical operations. Static visual AI is limited. Mission critical operations, such as search and rescue, need visual AI that continuously learns and adapts to users unique circumstances. See More. Know More. Act Faster. Continuously Adapt.”

In its own words, on focalise.com

In plain speak

They make visual AI software that learns and adapts over time for urgent operations like search and rescue.

Ayeoh Overview

Focalise is a business software developer based in Paisley. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 3 May 2023 as company SC768069. (Companies House) Its website says: “Focalise leads self-learning, visual AI for mission critical operations. Static visual AI is limited.” (focalise.com)

It's named in 1 public grant record, from Innovate UK. (Grants, Innovate UK)

Companies House lists 3 active officers, among them James William Foley (director, since May 2023), David Wilson (director, since Feb 2024) and Ignacio Martinez-Alpiste (director, since Feb 2024). (Companies House, profile card) Its own website's latest post is “Stewart Gibson joins the Focalise Strategic Advisory Board”, from 22 Mar 2024. (Latest from Focalise, the post) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 May 2026, show 3 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Grants

Awarded a £322k Innovate UK grant for "The Development of Self-Optimising AI Architecture for Continuous Improvement of Search and Rescue Detection"

1 Aug 2026 · Innovate UK

Latest from Focalise

Stewart Gibson joins the Focalise Strategic Advisory Board

22 Mar 2024, from focalise.ai, posted by the company

Focalise joins Europe's largest smart things programme, STAC!

22 Mar 2024, from focalise.ai, posted by the company

Focalise Emerges: The Successful Spinout of a Pioneering AI Company

9 Feb 2024, from focalise.ai, posted by the company

Financials

Net liabilities: £615k (31 May 2026), up from £404k a year earlier
Cash at bank and in hand: £982 (31 May 2026), down 99% on £92.4k a year earlier
Employees: 3 on average (31 May 2026), unchanged on a year earlier (3)

Net assets at year ends 2025 to 2026

Next accounts due 29 Feb 2028.

1 charge registered at Companies House as outstanding: security over the company's assets for borrowing or another obligation, per the 1 Oct 2026 register snapshot. See the charges

From the accounts made up to 31 May 2026, unaudited abridged accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year end	Net assets	Cash	Staff
31 May 2026	-£615k	£982	3
31 May 2025	-£404k	£92.4k	3

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

31 May 2026accountsAccounts year end
31 May 2025accountsAccounts year end
22 Mar 2024from the companyStewart Gibson joins the Focalise Strategic Advisory Board
22 Mar 2024from the companyFocalise joins Europe's largest smart things programme, STAC!
9 Feb 2024from the companyFocalise Emerges: The Successful Spinout of a Pioneering AI Company
6 Feb 2024directorDavid Wilson appointed Director
6 Feb 2024directorIgnacio Martinez-Alpiste appointed Director
3 May 2023directorJames William Foley appointed Director
3 May 2023incorporatedFocalise incorporated as SC768069

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

Use this data

Download everything ayeoh holds on Focalise, free: CSV · JSON-LD. Every row carries its source and date.

Record completeness 68 of 100; not yet held: three years of accounts, turnover, news coverage, funding rounds.

Licence: free to read and cite with a link to ayeoh.io; bulk, API or commercial reuse needs an ayeoh licence. Cite as: ayeoh.io, “Focalise”, ayeoh.io/c/focalise, accessed 9 Nov 2026.

How it compares

Net liabilities £615k: 4,192nd of 4,216 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £982: 1,168th of 1,605 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 3 on average: joint 510th of 4,480 software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 3 May 2023: joint 5,065th of 8,995 software firms, oldest first.
Net liabilities £615k: 40th of 40 paisley software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Cash £982: 9th of 15 paisley software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 3 on average: joint 6th of 49 paisley software firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 3 May 2023: 56th of 94 paisley software firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish software firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-09. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.