FIFE GAS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC361873 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-29
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
£90.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
42 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £90,066

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£90k
↑ 9.0% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£100kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£92.5k£84.8k
Current assets£100.3k£75.4k
Net assets£90.1k£82.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-03-09
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As FIFE GAS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2009-06-29
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    INGLIS, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-06-29
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    INGLIS, Brian appointed
    director
  20. 2009-06-29
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    INGLIS, Pamela appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Inglis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Pamela Inglis
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-06-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Room 5, Haypark Business Centre Marchmont Avenue
Polmont
Falkirk
FK2 0NZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

INGLIS, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-29
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INGLIS, Brian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-06-29
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Active
INGLIS, Pamela→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-06-29
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Active

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Recent filings (42 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-22