FAO27 LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC367692 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-29
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£416.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 51102SIC 51102
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £416,001
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£422k
↑ 3.6% YoY
Net Worth
£416k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£696k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£164k£327k£491k£654k£818kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£416.2k£397.2k
Current assets£695.9k£817.6k
Cash£422.0k£407.1k
Debtors£274.0k£410.5k
Net assets£416.0k£396.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-01-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-01-11
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-01-08
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  16. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    MOSELEY, James David appointed
    director
  18. 2011-06-30
    ➖
    ARNAUDEAU, Jonathan Laurant Pascal resigned
    director
  19. 2009-10-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FAO27 LTD
  20. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    MOSELEY, Anne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    MOSELEY, Anne Francoise appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-29
    ➕
    ARNAUDEAU, Jonathan Laurant Pascal appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Anne Francoise Moseley
Individual · French · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2009-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Black Hill
Belmaduthy
Munlochy
Ross-Shire
IV8 8PF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MOSELEY, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-29
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Active
MOSELEY, Anne Francoise→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-10-29
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Active
MOSELEY, James David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-06-01
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Active
ARNAUDEAU, Jonathan Laurant Pascal→
director · ~47y · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2011-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12