FORBES LESLIE NETWORK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC148828 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-07
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 32.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.0y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£54k£108k£162k£215k£269kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets—£238.6k
Current assets—£269.2k
Cash—£134.7k
Debtors—£134.5k
Net assets—£219.5k
Average employees14—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-06-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-02-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2017-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-08-31
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    HILL, Graham Malcolm resigned
    director
  17. 2008-01-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, David appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    AIKEN, Donald George appointed
    director
  20. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, David appointed
    director
  21. 2007-04-13
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    FORBES, Iain Allan Macarthur resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-04-13
    ➖
    FORBES, Iain Allan Macarthur resigned
    director
  23. 2007-04-13
    ➖
    LESLIE, William resigned
    director
  24. 2002-12-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 1994-05-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  26. 1994-04-01
    ➕
    HILL, Graham Malcolm appointed
    director
  27. 1994-03-01
    ➕
    FORBES, Iain Allan Macarthur appointed
    secretary
  28. 1994-03-01
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1994-03-01
    ➕
    FORBES, Iain Allan Macarthur appointed
    director
  30. 1994-03-01
    ➕
    LESLIE, William appointed
    director
  31. 1994-03-01
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1994-02-07
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    Company incorporated
    As FORBES LESLIE NETWORK LIMITED
  33. 1994-02-07
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1994-02-07
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

Group structure

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

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Fln Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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FORBES LESLIE NETWORK LIMITED
This company · SC148828

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
Fln Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-02-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Titanium 1 King's Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8WF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

ROBERTSON, David→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-13
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Active
AIKEN, Donald George→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-04-13
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Active
ROBERTSON, David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-04-13
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Active
FORBES, Iain Allan Macarthur→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-01 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-07 · resigned 1994-03-01
Resigned
FORBES, Iain Allan Macarthur→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-03-01 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
HILL, Graham Malcolm→
director · ~82y · appointed 1994-04-01 · resigned 2009-08-31
Resigned
LESLIE, William→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-03-01 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-02-07 · resigned 1994-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property15/01/2008—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Deed of mortgage and charge1 property09/12/2002—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property03/05/1994—
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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-06