FBD CONSULTANCY, ACCOUNTS & TAX LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC309527 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-02
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 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
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Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 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
58 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-12-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-11-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2006-10-02🏢Company incorporatedAs FBD CONSULTANCY, ACCOUNTS & TAX LTD
- 2006-10-02➕WRIGHT, Brian Kenneth appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-02➕WRIGHT, Anne Nicolson appointeddirector
- 2006-10-02➕WRIGHT, Brian Kenneth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- 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 |
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Mr Brian Kenneth Wright Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 01/08/2016 |
Mrs Anne Nicolson Wright Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 01/08/2016 |
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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-10-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
2 Glasgow Road
Bonnybridge
Falkirk
FK4 1QF
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
WRIGHT, Brian Kenneth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-10-02
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WRIGHT, Anne Nicolson→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-10-02
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WRIGHT, Brian Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-10-02
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/11/2020 | 06/10/2022 |
Recent filings (58 total)
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12