F & B SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC331416 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-25
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (73/100).

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2022-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-08-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-08-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-08-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-08-01
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    FRET, Thorsten resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-07-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-07-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-10-01
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    STUART, David Lachlan appointed
    director
  18. 2018-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-05-20
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    BENFIELD, Geoffrey Howard resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As F & B SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2007-09-25
    ➕
    BENFIELD, Geoffrey Howard appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-09-25
    ➕
    FRET, Thorsten appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
Mr David Stuart
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Thorsten Fretceased 01/08/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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
Incorporated2007-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

The Byre Lairgmore Croft
Lochend
Inverness
IV3 8LA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

STUART, David Lachlan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-10-01
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Active
BENFIELD, Geoffrey Howard→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-25 · resigned 2014-05-20
Resigned
FRET, Thorsten→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-09-25 · resigned 2022-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06