FINDONY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC170191 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£37.40M
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47220Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.1y

60/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.1 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.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £7,060,440

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-31
Turnover£37.40M
Gross profit£15.21M
Operating profit£6.84M
Profit before tax£7.06M
Average employees13400

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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  2. 2025-11-27
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  3. 2025-10-28
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  4. 2025-01-22
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  5. 2024-05-21
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  6. 2023-09-28
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  7. 2022-09-28
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  8. 2021-09-21
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  9. 2020-07-24
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  10. 2019-08-14
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  11. 2018-09-05
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  12. 2017-09-30
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  13. 2016-10-06
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  14. 2016-10-06
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2016-10-01
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    LAMOND, Bruce Alexander appointed
    secretary
  16. 2016-10-01
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    COWPER, David Murray resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-09-08
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-02-20
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    Charge satisfied #4
  19. 2008-07-30
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Ingenious Resources Limited
  20. 2008-04-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2003-12-19
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    COWPER, David Murray appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-12-19
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    HOWIE, Karen Elizabeth Margaret resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-10-18
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    BUSSEY, Colin John resigned
    director
  24. 2000-07-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2000-07-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2000-03-01
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    BUSSEY, Colin John appointed
    director
  27. 1998-04-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 1996-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As FINDONY LIMITED
  29. 1996-11-28
    ➕
    HOWIE, Simon Macpherson appointed
    director
  30. 1996-11-28
    ➕
    HOWIE, Karen Elizabeth Margaret appointed
    secretary
  31. 1996-11-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1996-11-28
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 59. Early succession window.
  • 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 29 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

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

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Great Interest Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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FINDONY LIMITED
This company · SC170191

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
Great Interest Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/11/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Simon Macpherson Howieceased 25/11/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1996-11-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

Findony Farm Muckhart Road
Dunning
Perth
PH2 0RA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LAMOND, Bruce Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2016-10-01
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Active
HOWIE, Simon Macpherson→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-11-28
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Active
COWPER, David Murray→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-19 · resigned 2016-10-01
Resigned
HOWIE, Karen Elizabeth Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-28 · resigned 2003-12-19
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-28 · resigned 1996-11-28
Resigned
BUSSEY, Colin John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2002-10-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Ingenious Resources
Ingenious Resources Limited
Deed of security assignment1 property30/07/200820/02/2015
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property13/07/2000—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property13/07/2000—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/04/199829/04/2008
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Recent filings (84 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-07-24