FINANCIAL SERVICES REDRESS (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC412890 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
45 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2025-02-20
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  3. 2024-12-13
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  4. 2024-12-13
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  5. 2023-12-14
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  6. 2022-11-29
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  7. 2021-12-13
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  8. 2021-12-13
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  9. 2021-12-08
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  10. 2021-07-30
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  11. 2021-07-13
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-07-11
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    SAMPSON, Anne appointed
    director
  13. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2019-11-26
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  15. 2018-07-26
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  16. 2017-09-23
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  17. 2017-05-03
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  18. 2016-08-10
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    SAMPSON, Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-08-10
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    SAMPSON, Alasdair Colin resigned
    secretary
  20. 2011-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As FINANCIAL SERVICES REDRESS (UK) LTD
  21. 2011-12-09
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    SAMPSON, Alasdair Colin appointed
    director
  22. 2011-12-09
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    SAMPSON, Alasdair Colin appointed
    secretary

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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Anne Sampson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alasdair Colin Sampsonceased 04/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2011-12-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Pines / 7a
Loudoun Street
Stewarton
East Ayrshire
KA3 5JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SAMPSON, Anne→
secretary · appointed 2016-08-10
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SAMPSON, Alasdair Colin→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-12-09
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Active
SAMPSON, Anne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2021-07-11
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Active
SAMPSON, Alasdair Colin→
secretary · appointed 2011-12-09 · resigned 2016-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-07-30