Been looking to get a second professional opinion, and I've come across a mobile mechanic who operates locally with a specialisation in French cars (a former Citroen/Peugeot master mechanic who quit the dealership and went independent).
Mondeo, we know, runs the joint Ford-Peugeot-Citroen diesel engine and thus falls within his purview.
I've asked his thoughts on the photograph I got from the other mechanic and this is his take:
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That stain I'm rusty brown is not head gasket. It's from water when engines washed. It sits around the injectors and slowly seeps down. I wash every engine after service and degrease and all appear like that behind cam belt cover.
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So weight of opinion is coming down handily on the side of this being a washdown stain and nothing to worry for.