FEARSOME LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC285921 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£585.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £585,018
Cash YoY
+65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£417k
↑ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£585k
↑ 154% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£221k£441k£662k£883k£1.1mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£593.8k£262.6k
Current assets£1.10M£786.0k
Cash£417.5k£252.6k
Debtors£686.0k£533.4k
Net assets£585.0k£230.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
6
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-05-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2026-05-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2026-05-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-27
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2021-04-27
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  13. 2021-04-27
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2020-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2016-07-29
    ➖
    JONES, Geoffrey John resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2006-05-16
    ➕
    JONES, Geoffrey John appointed
    director
  21. 2005-06-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FEARSOME LIMITED
  22. 2005-06-08
    ➕
    SHEARLAW, Morven Alys appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-06-08
    ➕
    SHEARLAW, Morven Alys appointed
    director
  24. 2005-06-08
    ➕
    SUTTIE, Alan Miller appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Miller Suttie
Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Ms Morven Alys Shearlaw
Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

The Whisky Bond
2 Dawson Road
Glasgow
G4 9SS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SHEARLAW, Morven Alys→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-08
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Active
SHEARLAW, Morven Alys→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-06-08
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Active
SUTTIE, Alan Miller→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-06-08
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Active
JONES, Geoffrey John→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-05-16 · resigned 2016-07-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property09/08/2006—
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Recent filings (76 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-16