FAIRDEAL TYRES LTD.

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SC233638 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£567.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 12.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £567,160
Net assets shrinking
Down £52,880 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 47% YoY
Cash YoY
-47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£276k
↓ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£567k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£124k£248k£372k£496k£620kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Cash£276.2k£517.6k
Net assets£567.2k£620.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-03-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2014-01-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2004-04-14
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    HOLMES, Valerie appointed
    director
  18. 2002-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIRDEAL TYRES LTD.
  19. 2002-07-03
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    HOLMES, Valerie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    HOLMES, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-07-03
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-07-03
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-07-03
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    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-07-03
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    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2002-07-03
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Valerie Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 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
Incorporated2002-07-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

6 Beancross Road
Grangemouth
FK3 8YL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HOLMES, Valerie→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, Valerie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-03
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-03
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property03/03/2014—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property16/01/2014—
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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19