FRASER FYFE PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC493126 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-10
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-15
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  3. 2023-05-11
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  4. 2022-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-19
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-15
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-06-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-12-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-10-27
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2015-10-27
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    address · AD01
  14. 2015-03-19
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2014-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As FRASER FYFE PROPERTIES LIMITED
  16. 2014-12-10
    MCDONALD, Malcolm appointed
    director
  17. 2014-12-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Fraser Fyfe Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fraser Fyfe Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
FRASER FYFE PROPERTIES LIMITED
This company · SC493126

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Fraser Fyfe Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr Malcolm Mcdonald
Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-12-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

43a Argyle Street
St. Andrews
KY16 9BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCDONALD, Malcolm
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-12-10
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-19