FYLDE FRESH AND FABULOUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05525354 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10310
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.4y

80/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (2/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
84
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
94 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
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £3,039,925

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-31
Profit before tax£3.04M
Average employees82

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-01-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2025-12-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-08-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2023-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-02-28
    ➖
    AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING CONSULTANCY LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  12. 2023-01-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2023-01-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Oxbury Bank PLC
  14. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2021-10-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-09-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-07-26
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    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  20. 2021-07-13
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    AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING CONSULTANCY LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-01-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2009-06-11
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    BUTCHER, Simon appointed
    director
  25. 2009-06-11
    ➕
    SINGLETON, Victoria appointed
    director
  26. 2006-11-28
    ➖
    CROOK, William resigned
    director
  27. 2006-05-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Series of debentures
  28. 2006-01-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  29. 2005-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As FYLDE FRESH AND FABULOUS LIMITED
  30. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    LINTON, David John Campbell appointed
    secretary
  31. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Colin William appointed
    director
  32. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    LINTON, David John Campbell appointed
    director
  33. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2005-08-02
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    CROOK, William appointed
    director
  36. 2005-08-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2005-08-02
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Fff Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fff Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
FYLDE FRESH AND FABULOUS LIMITED
This company · 05525354

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Fff Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10310 — SIC 10310

Registered office

Floor 1, Capital House 8 Pittman Court, Pittman Way
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 9ZG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

LINTON, David John Campbell→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Colin William→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTCHER, Simon→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINTON, David John Campbell→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGLETON, Victoria→
director · ~43y · appointed 2009-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-02 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned
CROOK, William→
director · ~86y · appointed 2005-08-02 · resigned 2006-11-28
Resigned
AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING CONSULTANCY LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2021-07-13 · resigned 2023-02-28
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-08-02 · resigned 2005-08-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Oxbury Bank
Oxbury Bank PLC
A registered charge—20/01/2023—
satisfied
Unknown
Series of debentures—24/05/200608/01/2026
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/01/200609/08/2024
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Recent filings (94 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19