FOREMOST PRODUCTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC355266 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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 14.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2019-05-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-07-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-07-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2009-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As FOREMOST PRODUCTS LTD.
  18. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    FOREMAN, Anne Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    FOREMAN, Anne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    FOREMAN, Graham James Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    TINDALL, Christopher William appointed
    director
  22. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2009-02-18
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  25. 2009-02-18
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham James Alexander Foreman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Anne Elizabeth Foreman
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Christopher William Tindall
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
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
Incorporated2009-02-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Unit 7, 42 Dalsetter Avenue
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G15 8TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-06
Last: 2025-04-22

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FOREMAN, Anne Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOREMAN, Anne Elizabeth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-02-18
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Active
FOREMAN, Graham James Alexander→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TINDALL, Christopher William→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2009-02-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property07/07/2011—
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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-02