F & M DEVELOPMENTS (SHETLAND) LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC298555 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-10
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£165
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 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
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £165

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£165
~ YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£165£165
Current assets£10.4k£6.6k
Net assets£165£165

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-12-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-12-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2025-12-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-12-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-02
    ➖
    WISEMAN, Frank resigned
    director
  17. 2006-03-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As F & M DEVELOPMENTS (SHETLAND) LTD.
  18. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    WISEMAN, Michael James appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    WISEMAN, Michael James appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-03-10
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    WISEMAN, Frank appointed
    director
  23. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-03-10
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Michael James Wiseman
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Frank Wisemanceased 01/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Tyrie Court
Kirkcaldy
KY1 1GE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WISEMAN, Michael James→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WISEMAN, Michael James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2006-03-10
Resigned
WISEMAN, Frank→
director · ~83y · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2016-12-02
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2006-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-17