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 27.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 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 27.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.2 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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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