FLAGSHIP SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC253337 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-28
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
£72.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -30% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £72,732
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,110 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£60k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£73k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£39k£58k£77k£97kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Cash£59.5k£85.3k
Net assets£72.7k£96.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-23
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  3. 2025-06-23
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-06-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2025-04-21
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    MOIR, Lynsey Innes appointed
    secretary
  7. 2025-04-21
    ➕
    MOIR, Ian Stewart appointed
    director
  8. 2025-04-21
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    ANDERSON, Gavin Dorward resigned
    secretary
  9. 2025-04-21
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    ANDERSON, Gavin Dorward resigned
    director
  10. 2025-03-03
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  11. 2024-04-18
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  12. 2023-03-02
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-15
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  16. 2020-06-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-06-05
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  18. 2020-06-05
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  19. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-04-08
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    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2004-01-01
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    ANDERSON, Gavin Dorward appointed
    director
  23. 2003-07-28
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    Company incorporated
    As FLAGSHIP SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 2003-07-28
    ➕
    MOIR, Lynsey Innes appointed
    director
  25. 2003-07-28
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Gavin Dorward appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-07-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-07-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-07-28
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2003-07-28
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lynsey Innes Moir
Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

3 Willow Avenue
Lenzie, Kirkintilloch
East Dunbartonshire
G66 4RQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MOIR, Lynsey Innes→
secretary · appointed 2025-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOIR, Ian Stewart→
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOIR, Lynsey Innes→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Gavin Dorward→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2025-04-21
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2003-07-28
Resigned
ANDERSON, Gavin Dorward→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-01 · resigned 2025-04-21
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2003-07-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-06-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08