FUTURE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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SC136640 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-14

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 28.8y

45/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 28.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· 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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (4 active, 21 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

155 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £25,552,727

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£25.55M
Average employees	48

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (68 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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JIA, Xin resigned
director
2026-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-03
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accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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auditors · AUD
2024-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
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mortgage · MR04
2023-11-08
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Charge satisfied #5
2023-08-04
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accounts · AA
2022-12-09
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officers · CH01
2022-09-14
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accounts · AA
2022-09-06
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mortgage · MR01
2022-03-11
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Bank of New York Mellon, Hong Kong Branch
2022-03-03
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-12-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-13
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officers · AP01
2021-12-13
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officers · AP01
2021-12-13
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
2021-12-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-07
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CHENG, Guoxiang appointed
director
2021-12-07
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DART, Cathy Hwei Lin appointed
director
2021-12-07
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LEI, Ming appointed
director
2021-12-07
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ZHANG, Xinyu appointed
director
2021-12-07
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BAKER, Michael Paul resigned
director
2021-12-07
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CRAIG, Ian Douglas Hamilton resigned
director
2021-12-07
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DART, Frederick Thomas resigned
director
2021-12-07
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JIA, Xin appointed
director
2021-09-30
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Charge satisfied #3
2021-09-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-08-30
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Charge satisfied #4
2018-12-01
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BAKER, Michael Paul appointed
director
2018-11-21
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MA, Li Ying resigned
director
2018-09-12
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
2017-03-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Singapore Limited
2016-01-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-12-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-06-09
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MA, Li Ying appointed
director
2015-05-12
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GARDNER, Robert Iain resigned
director
2014-11-19
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CRAIG, Ian Douglas Hamilton appointed
director
2014-09-12
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COOK, Graeme James, Mr. resigned
secretary
2014-09-12
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COOK, Graeme James resigned
director
2011-03-31
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COOK, Graeme James, Mr. appointed
secretary
2011-03-31
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DART, Frederick Thomas resigned
secretary
2011-03-31
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GARDNER, Robert Iain appointed
director
2011-03-31
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WANG, Cathy resigned
director
2011-03-01
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COOK, Graeme James appointed
director
2010-12-10
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TURNER, Archibald Owen resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 68 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

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

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Ftdi Holding Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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FUTURE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

This company · SC136640

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ftdi Holding Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/12/2021

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Cathy Wang Dartceased 07/12/2021· significant influence · trust interest
Stoneyford Investments Limitedceased 01/03/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · significant influence · firm interest

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-02-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110

Registered office

2 Seaward Place

Centurion Business Park

Glasgow

G41 1HH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-07

Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (4 active · 17 resigned)

CHENG, Guoxiang→

director · ~61y · appointed 2021-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DART, Cathy Hwei Lin→

director · ~73y · appointed 2021-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEI, Ming→

director · ~48y · appointed 2021-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ZHANG, Xinyu→

director · ~54y · appointed 2021-12-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COOK, Graeme James, Mr.→

secretary · appointed 2011-03-31 · resigned 2014-09-12

Resigned

DART, Frederick Thomas→

secretary · appointed 2001-04-20 · resigned 2011-03-31

Resigned

GOW, Iain Gillean→

secretary · appointed 1992-03-04 · resigned 1993-07-02

Resigned

REID, Kenneth→

secretary · appointed 1996-02-21 · resigned 2001-04-20

Resigned

TENNENT, Samuel Thorburn→

secretary · appointed 1993-07-02 · resigned 1996-02-21

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-02-14 · resigned 1992-03-04

Resigned

BAKER, Michael Paul→

director · ~71y · appointed 2018-12-01 · resigned 2021-12-07

Resigned

COOK, Graeme James→

director · ~57y · appointed 2011-03-01 · resigned 2014-09-12

Resigned

CRAIG, Ian Douglas Hamilton→

director · ~72y · appointed 2014-11-19 · resigned 2021-12-07

Resigned

DART, Frederick Thomas→

director · ~70y · appointed 1992-03-04 · resigned 2021-12-07

Resigned

GARDNER, Robert Iain→

director · ~77y · appointed 2011-03-31 · resigned 2015-05-12

Resigned

JIA, Xin→

director · ~48y · appointed 2021-12-07 · resigned 2026-03-05

Resigned

MA, Li Ying→

director · ~51y · appointed 2015-06-09 · resigned 2018-11-21

Resigned

MCCROSSAN, John Colin→

director · ~76y · appointed 1993-07-02 · resigned 1997-01-27

Resigned

TURNER, Archibald Owen→

director · ~77y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2010-12-10

Resigned

WANG, Cathy→

director · ~73y · appointed 1998-03-30 · resigned 2011-03-31

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	The Bank of New York Mellon, Hong Kong Branch	A registered charge	—	11/03/2022	08/11/2023
satisfied	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited	A registered charge	—	12/09/2018	30/08/2021
satisfied	Bank of Singapore Bank of Singapore Limited	A registered charge	—	29/03/2017	30/09/2021
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	22/12/2015	14/09/2021
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	08/10/1997	15/01/2016

Recent filings (155 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-16

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-05

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2026-03-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-21

auditors-resignation-company

auditors · AUD

2025-01-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2024-06-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-14

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2023-11-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2023-08-04

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2022-09-14

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2022-09-06

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP04CS01

2022-03-03