FERNVIEW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC200051 · ltd · incorporated 1999-09-21

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-01-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-23
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MCLEOD, Valerie resigned
director
2019-05-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-05-23
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MCLEOD, Robert Iain appointed
director
2018-05-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2008-08-28
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MCLEOD, Valerie appointed
director
2008-08-28
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SWINTON, David resigned
director
2008-03-20
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MCLEOD, Iain Samuel appointed
secretary
2008-03-20
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MCLEOD, Iain Samuel appointed
director
2008-03-20
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SWINTON, Linda resigned
secretary
2008-03-20
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SWINTON, Linda resigned
director
2000-02-07
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MCKENDRICK, Colin Drummond resigned
director
1999-09-23
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SWINTON, Linda appointed
secretary
1999-09-23
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-23
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MCKENDRICK, Colin Drummond appointed
director
1999-09-23
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SWINTON, David appointed
director
1999-09-23
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SWINTON, Linda appointed
director
1999-09-23
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1999-09-21
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Company incorporated
As FERNVIEW LIMITED
1999-09-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-09-21
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 18 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Iain Samuel Mcleod Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/09/2016

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

Incorporated1999-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

6 School Lane

Cockenzie

East Lothian

EH32 0HW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

MCLEOD, Iain Samuel→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-20

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Active

MCLEOD, Iain Samuel→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-20

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Active

MCLEOD, Robert Iain→

director · ~35y · appointed 2018-05-23

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Active

SWINTON, Linda→

secretary · appointed 1999-09-23 · resigned 2008-03-20

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-09-21 · resigned 1999-09-23

Resigned

MCKENDRICK, Colin Drummond→

director · ~70y · appointed 1999-09-23 · resigned 2000-02-07

Resigned

MCLEOD, Valerie→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-08-28 · resigned 2019-05-23

Resigned

SWINTON, David→

director · ~73y · appointed 1999-09-23 · resigned 2008-08-28

Resigned

SWINTON, Linda→

director · ~68y · appointed 1999-09-23 · resigned 2008-03-20

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-09-21 · resigned 1999-09-23

Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-01-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-27

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2026-01-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-14