FIDELIS SCOTLAND LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC375372 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-23
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.30M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,299,513
Cash YoY
+38%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.4m
↑ 38% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.30M | £1.18M |
| Current assets | £2.06M | £2.17M |
| Cash | £1.41M | £1.02M |
| Debtors | £553.3k | £822.6k |
| Net assets | £1.30M | £1.18M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-07📄capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capitalcapital · SH02
- 2024-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-11📄capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capitalcapital · SH02
- 2023-12-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-12-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-24➕GORDON, Jane Louise appointeddirector
- 2022-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-03-23🏢Company incorporatedAs FIDELIS SCOTLAND LIMITED
- 2010-03-23➕GORDON, William Mcirvine appointeddirector
Owner dependency
89/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
29/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GORDON, Jane Louise (same surname) appointed 2023-11-24. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Fidelis International Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Fidelis International Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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FIDELIS SCOTLAND LIMITED
This company · SC375372
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fidelis International Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/11/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Sonia Gordonceased 24/11/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr William Mcirvine Gordonceased 24/11/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products
Registered office
Colleonard House
Banff
Aberdeenshire
AB45 3TP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GORDON, Jane Louise→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2023-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GORDON, William Mcirvine→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-03-23
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Recent filings (47 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2024-04-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21