FRELTECH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC117041 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-28

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£88.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £88,866

Cash YoY

+14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£92k

↑ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£89k

↑ 5.6% YoY

Current Assets

£100k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£89.9k	£85.3k
Current assets	£100.2k	£89.7k
Cash	£92.5k	£81.1k
Debtors	£7.7k	£8.6k
Net assets	£88.9k	£84.2k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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2023-12-07
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2022-12-20
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2021-11-02
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2020-12-14
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2019-12-14
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2018-12-15
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2017-12-21
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2016-12-19
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2016-04-12
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2015-12-18
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accounts · AA
2015-04-13
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2014-12-15
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2014-03-31
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1995-12-01
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GILMOUR, Tracey appointed
secretary
1995-12-01
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GILMOUR, Tracey appointed
director
1995-12-01
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GILMOUR, Sarah resigned
secretary
1995-12-01
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GILMOUR, Sarah resigned
director
1990-06-21
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GILMOUR, David appointed
director
1990-06-21
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GILMOUR, Sarah appointed
secretary
1990-06-21
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GILMOUR, Sarah appointed
director
1989-03-28
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Company incorporated
As FRELTECH LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Gilmour Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	75–100%	—	75-100% 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

Incorporated1989-03-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Ashwood Place

Bridge Of Don

Aberdeen

AB22 8XT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-11

Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GILMOUR, Tracey→

secretary · appointed 1995-12-01

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Active

GILMOUR, David→

director · ~58y · appointed 1990-06-21

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Active

GILMOUR, Tracey→

director · ~51y · appointed 1995-12-01

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Active

GILMOUR, Sarah→

secretary · appointed 1990-06-21 · resigned 1995-12-01

Resigned

GILMOUR, Sarah→

director · ~76y · appointed 1990-06-21 · resigned 1995-12-01

Resigned

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