FLN HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC289568 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-30
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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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£604.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £604,830
Very low cash
Cash position: £30
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£30
~ YoY
Net Worth
£605k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£121k£242k£363k£484k£605kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£604.8k£604.8k
Cash£30£30
Net assets£604.8k£604.8k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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  3. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-29
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  5. 2022-11-29
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  6. 2021-11-29
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  7. 2020-11-30
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  8. 2019-11-29
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  9. 2018-12-03
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  10. 2017-11-21
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  11. 2017-01-31
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  12. 2016-11-30
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  13. 2016-08-30
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  14. 2016-08-30
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    officers · CH03
  15. 2016-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2009-10-01
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    HILL, Graham Malcolm resigned
    director
  17. 2007-04-13
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    ROBERTSON, David appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    AIKEN, Donald George appointed
    director
  19. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, David appointed
    director
  20. 2007-04-13
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    MACDONALD, Morinne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-04-13
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    SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-04-13
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    SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-04-13
    ➕
    HILL, Graham Malcolm appointed
    director
  24. 2007-04-13
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Morinne resigned
    nominee-director
  25. 2007-04-13
    ➖
    POLLOCK, Gail resigned
    director
  26. 2005-08-30
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    Company incorporated
    As FLN HOLDINGS LIMITED
  27. 2005-08-30
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Morinne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-08-30
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Morinne appointed
    nominee-director
  29. 2005-08-30
    ➕
    POLLOCK, Gail appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
Mr Donald George Aiken
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Titanium 1 King's Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8WF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ROBERTSON, David→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AIKEN, Donald George→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Morinne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-08-30 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-13 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
HILL, Graham Malcolm→
director · ~82y · appointed 2007-04-13 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
MACDONALD, Morinne→
nominee-director · ~70y · appointed 2005-08-30 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned
POLLOCK, Gail→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-08-30 · resigned 2007-04-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-30