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.

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

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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accounts · AA
2025-01-14
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WALKER, Joy appointed
director
2025-01-14
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officers · AP01
2024-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-03-29
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accounts · AA
2016-06-05
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-24
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accounts · AA
2015-06-12
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-12
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address · AD01
2015-02-28
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accounts · AA
2013-11-01
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MACLEAN, Donald Neil appointed
director
2005-05-18
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WALKER, Joy appointed
secretary
2005-05-18
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BRYNES MACLEAN, Keren appointed
director
2005-05-18
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2005-05-18
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2005-05-17
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Company incorporated
As THE FIFE HERBAL DISPENSARY LIMITED
2005-05-17
➕
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-05-17
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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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Keren Brynes Maclean Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/05/2017

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: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17

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

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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 (55 total)

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

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-05-30