FARSIGHT GREENTEC LTD

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SC328277 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-25
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£154
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £154
Net assets shrinking
Down £49 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£154
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£154£203
Current assets£8.0k£6.0k
Cash£1.3k£2.4k
Debtors£6.7k£3.6k
Net assets£154£203

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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  3. 2024-01-25
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  4. 2023-01-19
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  5. 2022-01-13
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-17
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  7. 2020-11-04
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  10. 2020-11-04
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  11. 2020-11-04
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-11-04
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-11-04
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  14. 2020-11-04
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  15. 2019-10-03
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  16. 2019-01-07
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  17. 2018-01-10
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  18. 2007-07-25
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    Company incorporated
    As FARSIGHT GREENTEC LTD
  19. 2007-07-25
    ➕
    FERGUSSON, Emma Sarah Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-07-25
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    FERGUSSON, Emma Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-25
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    FERGUSSON, Joseph appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 61. 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 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Joseph Fergusson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Emma Sarah Louise Fergusson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-07-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Tradunnock Farm
Kilkerran
Maybole
South Ayrshire
KA19 7SE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

FERGUSSON, Emma Sarah Louise→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-25
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Active
FERGUSSON, Emma Sarah Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-07-25
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Active
FERGUSSON, Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-07-25
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Active

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-04