FEUDUTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC053153 · ltd · incorporated 1973-05-22

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 27.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	—	£5
Current assets	—	£5
Net assets	—	£5

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-25
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-11-13
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MCDONALD, Alexander Francis appointed
secretary
2019-11-13
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
corporate-secretary
2019-11-13
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-13
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-04-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-04-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-11-16
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2011-10-08
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LAWSON, Virginia Mary appointed
director
2011-10-08
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SCOTT, Claire Fiona, Dr appointed
director
2011-10-08
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MCDONALD, Alexander Francis, Professor resigned
director
2011-10-08
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MCDONALD, Doreen Mary resigned
director
2004-12-01
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THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-11-30
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THORNTONS WS resigned
corporate-secretary
1999-04-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Halifax PLC
1991-07-15
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FAIR, James Stuart resigned
director
1991-07-15
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MCDONALD, Doreen Mary appointed
director
1991-03-20
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MCDONALD, Alexander Francis appointed
director
1988-11-01
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THORNTONS WS appointed
corporate-secretary
1973-05-22
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Company incorporated
As FEUDUTIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Virginia Mary Lawson Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Francis Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Dr Claire Fiona Scott Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1973-05-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Tayview

3 Hill Road, Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 2JS

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

MCDONALD, Alexander Francis→

secretary · appointed 2019-11-13

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Active

LAWSON, Virginia Mary→

director · ~66y · appointed 2011-10-08

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Active

MCDONALD, Alexander Francis→

director · ~71y · appointed 1991-03-20

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Active

SCOTT, Claire Fiona, Dr→

director · ~69y · appointed 2011-10-08

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Active

THORNTONS LAW LLP→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2019-11-13

Resigned

THORNTONS WS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1988-11-01 · resigned 2004-11-30

Resigned

FAIR, James Stuart→

director · ~96y · resigned 1991-07-15

Resigned

MCDONALD, Alexander Francis, Professor→

director · ~107y · resigned 2011-10-08

Resigned

MCDONALD, Doreen Mary→

director · ~100y · appointed 1991-07-15 · resigned 2011-10-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Halifax PLC	Standard security	1 property	02/04/1999	—

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