FISTRAL TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC345886 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-17
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£19.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
47 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 £19,332

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£19k
↑ 1437% YoY
Current Assets
£76k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£20k£41k£61k£82k£102kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£25.3k£52.2k
Current assets£76.0k£102.4k
Net assets£19.3k£1.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-11-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-11-28
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    ROBERTSON, Fraser resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-17
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    ROBERTSON, Fraser Andrew, Dr appointed
    director
  10. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-09-01
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    ROBERTSON, Pauline Julie appointed
    director
  19. 2008-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As FISTRAL TRAINING AND CONSULTANCY LTD.
  20. 2008-07-17
    ➕
    LYDEN, Paul, Dr appointed
    director
  21. 2008-07-17
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Fraser appointed
    secretary
  22. 2008-07-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-07-17
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-07-17
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2008-07-17
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Fraser Andrew Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest17/07/2016
Mrs Pauline Julie Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence17/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Millworks Office 2, Second Floor
Field Road
Glasgow
G76 8SE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LYDEN, Paul, Dr→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Fraser Andrew, Dr→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Pauline Julie→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
ROBERTSON, Fraser→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-17 · resigned 2022-11-28
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-17 · resigned 2008-07-17
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-07-17 · resigned 2008-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-22