DAVID W FYFE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC298514 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 11.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £404.6k |
| Current assets | — | £46.7k |
| Cash | — | £45.6k |
| Debtors | — | £1.1k |
| Net assets | — | £303.0k |
| Average employees | 400 | — |
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-15📄change-person-director-companyofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-07-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-03-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-05-10➕MARTIN, Alison Jayne Louden appointeddirector
- 2006-05-10➕MELLOR, Catherine appointeddirector
- 2006-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs DAVID W FYFE LIMITED
- 2006-03-10➕FYFE, David William appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-10➕FYFE, Anne Noble appointeddirector
- 2006-03-10➕FYFE, David William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FYFE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Anne Noble Fyfe Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 04/1947 · age 79 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/06/2016 |
Mr David William Fyfe Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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
Incorporated2006-03-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
7 Seafield Crescent
Aberdeen
AB15 7XD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
FYFE, David William→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FYFE, Anne Noble→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2006-03-10
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FYFE, David William→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2006-03-10
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MARTIN, Alison Jayne Louden→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2006-05-10
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MELLOR, Catherine→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2006-05-10
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/03/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/07/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 10/03/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (65 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2020-06-15