FLEMINGS FURNITURE & ANTIQUES CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC235953 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-27

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£16.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47791

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47799SIC 47799

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (7 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £16,593

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

Net Worth

£17k

Current Assets

£96k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£40.7k
Current assets	£95.9k
Cash	£5.0k
Debtors	£77.3k
Net assets	£16.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2025-12-16
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2025-12-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-07
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accounts · AA01
2025-02-20
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accounts · AA
2024-02-19
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accounts · AA
2023-03-27
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accounts · AA
2022-01-19
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accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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2019-12-10
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accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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accounts · AA
2018-05-29
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accounts · AA
2018-05-29
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2017-05-30
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accounts · AA
2016-10-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2016-09-26
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FLEMING, Andrew appointed
director
2016-09-26
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FLEMING, Barbara Ellen appointed
director
2016-09-26
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FLEMING, Graeme appointed
director
2016-09-26
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FLEMING, Susan appointed
director
2002-08-27
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Company incorporated
As FLEMINGS FURNITURE & ANTIQUES CENTRE LIMITED
2002-08-27
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FLEMING, Hilda Jean appointed
secretary
2002-08-27
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FLEMING, Hilda Jean appointed
director
2002-08-27
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FLEMING, John William Archibald appointed
director
2002-08-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-27
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FLEMING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Barbara Ellen Fleming Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	31/03/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Hilda Jean Flemingceased 31/03/2025· 75-100% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-08-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47791 — SIC 47791

Registered office

Belleknowes

Inverkeithing

Fife

KY11 1HF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last: 2025-12-16