FAREVIEW VENTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC194647 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 27.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£1.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 27.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,925,444
Net assets shrinking
Down £33,570 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£331k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↓ 3.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£392k£784k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.95M£1.99M
Current assets£1.04M£1.08M
Cash£331.5k£363.6k
Debtors£703.3k£703.5k
Net assets£1.93M£1.96M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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  2. 2025-05-29
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  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-09-20
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  5. 2023-02-24
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  6. 2022-02-24
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  7. 2021-02-22
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  8. 2020-02-27
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  9. 2019-02-21
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  10. 2018-06-07
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  11. 2018-06-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2018-02-21
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  13. 2017-03-23
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  14. 2016-06-27
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  15. 2016-06-26
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    BOWEN, Phillip Alexander appointed
    director
  16. 2016-03-18
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  17. 2016-01-11
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  18. 2013-05-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2011-05-02
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    BOWEN, Glenn Austin appointed
    director
  20. 2011-05-02
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    BOWEN, Valerie Hazel appointed
    director
  21. 2004-03-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1999-05-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1999-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As FAREVIEW VENTURES LIMITED
  24. 1999-03-25
    ➕
    BOWEN, Valerie Hazel appointed
    secretary
  25. 1999-03-25
    ➕
    BOWEN, Eric James appointed
    director
  26. 1999-03-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-03-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  28. 1999-03-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1999-03-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Glenn Austin Bowen
Individual · British · DOB 10/1992 · age 34
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/03/2017
Mrs Valerie Hazel Bowen
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
—25–50%25-50% voting18/03/2017
Mr Phillip Alexander Bowen
Individual · British · DOB 02/1998 · age 28
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/03/2017
Mr Eric James Bowen
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
—25–50%25-50% voting18/03/2017

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
Incorporated1999-03-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Fareview
Midmar
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 7PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BOWEN, Valerie Hazel→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-25
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Active
BOWEN, Eric James→
director · ~69y · appointed 1999-03-25
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Active
BOWEN, Glenn Austin→
director · ~34y · appointed 2011-05-02
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Active
BOWEN, Phillip Alexander→
director · ~28y · appointed 2016-06-26
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Active
BOWEN, Valerie Hazel→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-05-02
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-25 · resigned 1999-03-25
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-25 · resigned 1999-03-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property01/03/200407/06/2018
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/05/199931/05/2013

Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27