FARRPOINT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC296299 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-30
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£466.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
93 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £466,789
Net assets shrinking
Down £78,478 YoY
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£628k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£467k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £471.0k | £551.8k |
| Current assets | £1.23M | £1.10M |
| Cash | £628.0k | £512.6k |
| Debtors | £602.4k | £591.0k |
| Net assets | £466.8k | £545.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-06-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-10📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-04-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-02-14📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-02-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-01-11📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-01-04📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-12-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-09-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-01➖LAMONT, Alasdair Malcolm resigneddirector
- 2022-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-25➖GIBSON, Stuart Henry resigneddirector
- 2011-04-01➕GIBSON, Stuart Henry appointeddirector
- 2007-10-04➕PARKINSON, Richard William appointeddirector
- 2006-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs FARRPOINT LIMITED
- 2006-01-30➕MUIR, Andrew Fraser, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2006-01-30➕MUIR, Andrew Fraser appointeddirector
- 2006-01-30➕LAMONT, Alasdair Malcolm appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
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.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Farrpoint Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Farrpoint Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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FARRPOINT LIMITED
This company · SC296299
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Farrpoint Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 31/03/2025 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Andrew Fraser Muirceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Dr Andrew Muirceased 25/08/2017· 25-50% voting
- Mr Alasdair Malcolm Lamontceased 25/08/2017· 25-50% voting
- Mr Richard William Parkinsonceased 25/08/2017· 25-50% voting
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Ground Floor West, 2 Lochrin Square
96 Fountainbridge
Edinburgh
EH3 9QA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MUIR, Andrew Fraser, Dr→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-01-30
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MUIR, Andrew Fraser→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2006-01-30
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PARKINSON, Richard William→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2007-10-04
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GIBSON, Stuart Henry→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2018-05-25
LAMONT, Alasdair Malcolm→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2022-09-01
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Recent filings (93 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-10
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-05-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-10