FABSCOTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC367729 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-29

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£2.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 7.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,677

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£3k

Current Assets

£33k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31
Total assets	£5.9k
Current assets	£33.0k
Net assets	£2.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-07-22
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2024-06-21
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accounts · AA
2023-05-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-30
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mortgage · MR01
2018-08-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2018-04-23
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accounts · AA
2017-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-11-04
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-30
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accounts · AA
2009-10-29
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Company incorporated
As FABSCOTS LIMITED
2009-10-29
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HLEBAYNA-RENNIE, Ferdinand Konrad appointed
director
2009-10-29
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2009-10-29
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-10-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2009-10-29
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Andrew Rennie Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	08/04/2016

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 SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

Auchafour Cottage

Toward

Dunoon

Argyll

PA23 7UJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

HLEBAYNA-RENNIE, Ferdinand Konrad→

director · ~67y · appointed 2009-10-29

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2009-10-29

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2009-10-29 · resigned 2009-10-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)	A registered charge	—	27/08/2018	—

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