FINNIE STORAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC389761 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-01
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-17
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-12-01
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    Company incorporated
    As FINNIE STORAGE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 2010-12-01
    ➕
    FINNIE, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-12-01
    ➕
    FINNIE, Alan Thomas appointed
    director
  19. 2010-12-01
    ➕
    FINNIE, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2010-12-01
    ➕
    ROUND, Jonathon Charles appointed
    director
  21. 2010-12-01
    ➖
    ROUND, Jonathon Charles resigned
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FINNIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Alan Thomas Finnie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Finnie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
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
Incorporated2010-12-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

51 Rae Street
Dumfries
DG1 1JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FINNIE, Ruth Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2010-12-01
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Active
FINNIE, Alan Thomas→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-12-01
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Active
FINNIE, Ruth Elizabeth→
director · ~50y · appointed 2010-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROUND, Jonathon Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-12-01 · resigned 2010-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-21