FAIRWAY TRAVEL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC397796 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-14
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
48 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-262024-03-26
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-03-24
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  3. 2024-03-26
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  4. 2023-11-13
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  5. 2023-03-24
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  6. 2022-03-25
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  7. 2021-03-26
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  8. 2020-03-23
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  9. 2019-12-23
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  10. 2019-03-19
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  11. 2018-12-19
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  12. 2018-03-15
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  13. 2017-12-14
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  14. 2017-01-12
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  15. 2016-06-02
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  16. 2016-02-04
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  17. 2011-04-14
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIRWAY TRAVEL (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  18. 2011-04-14
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    MCFARLANE, Dawn Lesley appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-04-14
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    MCFARLANE, Dawn Lesley appointed
    director
  20. 2011-04-14
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    MCFARLANE, Neil Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2011-04-14
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-04-14
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2011-04-14
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  24. 2011-04-14
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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 15 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.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 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 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 Neil Alexander Mcfarlane
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Dawn Lesley Mcfarlane
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2011-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Rosebank Lane
Forfar
Angus
DD8 2BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last made up to: 2025-03-26
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-28
Last: 2025-04-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCFARLANE, Dawn Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-14
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Active
MCFARLANE, Dawn Lesley→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-04-14
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Active
MCFARLANE, Neil Alexander→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-04-14
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-04-14 · resigned 2011-04-14
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-04-14 · resigned 2011-04-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2025-06-11
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2025-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
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accounts · AA
2024-03-26
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accounts · AA01
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-12-23