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.

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

—

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒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

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
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.

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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 (29 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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2025-06-09
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address · AD01
2024-11-26
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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accounts · AA
2022-11-29
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accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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accounts · AA
2019-11-29
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accounts · AA
2018-12-03
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accounts · AA
2017-11-21
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accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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officers · TM01
2016-11-30
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accounts · AA
2016-08-30
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officers · CH01
2016-08-30
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2016-08-30
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officers · CH01
2009-10-01
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HILL, Graham Malcolm resigned
director
2007-04-13
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ROBERTSON, David appointed
secretary
2007-04-13
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AIKEN, Donald George appointed
director
2007-04-13
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ROBERTSON, David appointed
director
2007-04-13
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MACDONALD, Morinne resigned
nominee-secretary
2007-04-13
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SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-04-13
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SHELF SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-04-13
➕
HILL, Graham Malcolm appointed
director
2007-04-13
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MACDONALD, Morinne resigned
nominee-director
2007-04-13
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POLLOCK, Gail resigned
director
2005-08-30
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Company incorporated
As FLN HOLDINGS LIMITED
2005-08-30
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MACDONALD, Morinne appointed
nominee-secretary
2005-08-30
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MACDONALD, Morinne appointed
nominee-director
2005-08-30
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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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Robertson Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016
Mr Donald George Aiken Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Active

AIKEN, Donald George→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-04-13

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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)

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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