FEATHERSTON BLINDS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC341732 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-21

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

£106.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £106,446

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£106k

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£119k

↑ 26% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£119.4k	£100.2k
Current assets	£119.0k	£94.4k
Net assets	£106.4k	£91.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-07-11
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accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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accounts · AA
2022-07-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-27
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accounts · AA
2018-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-04-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-24
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MCCANN, Deborah Kathleen resigned
director
2017-08-24
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officers · TM01
2017-03-21
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address · AD01
2017-03-20
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AAMD
2017-03-14
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officers · AP01
2016-04-01
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MCCANN, Deborah Kathleen appointed
director
2008-10-01
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DICKSON, Kenneth Albert resigned
director
2008-04-21
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Company incorporated
As FEATHERSTON BLINDS LIMITED
2008-04-21
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MELVIN, George Alexander appointed
director
2008-04-21
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DICKSON, Kenneth Albert appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr George Melvin Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Deborah Kathleen Mccannceased 24/08/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2008-04-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

141 High Street

Montrose

Angus

DD10 8QN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-05

Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MELVIN, George Alexander→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-21

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Active

DICKSON, Kenneth Albert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-04-21 · resigned 2008-10-01

Resigned

MCCANN, Deborah Kathleen→

director · ~53y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2017-08-24

Resigned

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