FIFE MEMORIALS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC399948 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-20
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23700
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees100200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-09-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-05-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2011-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As FIFE MEMORIALS LTD
  19. 2011-05-20
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    WOOD, Tracey Amanda appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-05-20
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    WOOD, Edwin Ivan appointed
    director
  21. 2011-05-20
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    WOOD, Tracey Amanda appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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.
  • 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
Ms Tracey Amanda Wood
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Edwin Ivan Wood
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
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
Incorporated2011-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC23700 — SIC 23700

Registered office

Floor 1 Eastfield Produce Unit
Navity Farm
Ballingry
KY5 8LR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WOOD, Tracey Amanda→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-20
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WOOD, Edwin Ivan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-05-20
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WOOD, Tracey Amanda→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-05-20
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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-22