THE FIFE HERBAL DISPENSARY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC284939 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-14
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    WALKER, Joy appointed
    director
  3. 2025-01-14
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  4. 2024-10-24
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  5. 2023-11-29
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  6. 2022-11-14
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  7. 2022-02-28
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  8. 2021-05-03
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  9. 2020-02-29
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  10. 2019-02-28
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  11. 2018-02-28
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  12. 2017-03-29
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  13. 2016-06-05
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  14. 2016-03-24
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  15. 2015-06-12
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  16. 2015-06-12
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    address · AD01
  17. 2013-11-01
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    MACLEAN, Donald Neil appointed
    director
  18. 2005-05-18
    ➕
    WALKER, Joy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-05-18
    ➕
    BRYNES MACLEAN, Keren appointed
    director
  20. 2005-05-18
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-05-18
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2005-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As THE FIFE HERBAL DISPENSARY LIMITED
  23. 2005-05-17
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-05-17
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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 Keren Brynes Maclean
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/05/2017

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
Incorporated2005-05-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

32 Main Street
Milton Of Balgonie
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 6PX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WALKER, Joy→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-18
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Active
BRYNES MACLEAN, Keren→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-05-18
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Active
MACLEAN, Donald Neil→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-11-01
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Active
WALKER, Joy→
director · ~80y · appointed 2025-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-17 · resigned 2005-05-18
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-17 · resigned 2005-05-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-29