FAST FORWARD SEMINARS LTD.
💤Zombieactive
SC153655 · ltd · incorporated 1994-10-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£194.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £194,556
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£232k
Net Worth
£195k
Current Assets
£274k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £195.3k | — |
| Current assets | £274.1k | — |
| Cash | £232.2k | — |
| Debtors | £37.9k | — |
| Net assets | £194.6k | — |
| Average employees | — | 300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2015-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2007-11-12➕CHALMERS, Jill Frances appointedsecretary
- 2007-11-12➖COWEN, Jennifer Ann resignedsecretary
- 2005-11-11➕COWEN, Jennifer Ann appointedsecretary
- 2005-11-11➖1924 NOMINEES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-06-28➖NAISMITH, Carol Ann resignedsecretary
- 2003-06-28➕1924 NOMINEES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-06-28➖NAISMITH, Carol Ann resigneddirector
- 1999-11-21➖NAISMITH, Kenneth resigneddirector
- 1997-01-01➕MEIKLE, Callum Alexander appointeddirector
- 1994-10-17🏢Company incorporatedAs FAST FORWARD SEMINARS LTD.
- 1994-10-17➕NAISMITH, Carol Ann appointedsecretary
- 1994-10-17➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1994-10-17➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1994-10-17➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1994-10-17➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
- 1994-10-17➕NAISMITH, Carol Ann appointeddirector
- 1994-10-17➕NAISMITH, Kenneth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Callum Alexander Meikle Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 30/06/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARRER MARKETING LIMITED→ SC546449 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| FARRPOINT LIMITED→ SC296299 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| FAST ACTION PAY LIMITED→ SC739139 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| FERGUSSON LAW & CO (EDINBURGH) LTD→ SC744888 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| FERLIEHALD LTD→ SC771415 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FINALTY SERVICES LIMITED→ SC416514 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| FINTEC RECRUIT LTD→ SC864286 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FIONA HARVEY CONSULTING LIMITED→ SC871813 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FIRST TACTICAL PROJECTS LIMITED→ SC671787 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| FLETCHER JOSEPH HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC869916 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLEXMEDICAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ SC574926 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| FLORINGTON LTD→ SC851737 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-10-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
2 Hill Street
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH2 3JZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17
Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)
CHALMERS, Jill Frances→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MEIKLE, Callum Alexander→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1997-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COWEN, Jennifer Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-11-11 · resigned 2007-11-12
NAISMITH, Carol Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 2003-06-28
REID, Brian→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 1994-10-17
1924 NOMINEES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2003-06-28 · resigned 2005-11-11
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 1994-10-17
NAISMITH, Carol Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 2003-06-28
NAISMITH, Kenneth→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1994-10-17 · resigned 1999-11-21
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (90 total)
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2025-11-27
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2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-02-01
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2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-02-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2021-02-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-06
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2019-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-21