FOURM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC499452 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
45 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-10-31
Average employees03600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 accounts
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-01
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  3. 2026-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-02-10
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-02-03
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-02-01
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    HILL, Edward John appointed
    director
  7. 2026-01-20
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    GOULD, Ian resigned
    director
  8. 2026-01-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2025-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-11-01
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  11. 2024-10-31
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  12. 2024-10-31
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2024-10-31
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-10-31
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  15. 2024-10-31
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  16. 2024-10-31
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  17. 2024-10-31
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  18. 2024-10-31
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  19. 2024-10-31
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  20. 2024-10-31
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    officers · AP01
  21. 2024-10-25
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    KNIGHT, Shaun Lee appointed
    director
  22. 2024-10-25
    ➖
    BRYCE, Shona resigned
    director
  23. 2024-10-25
    ➖
    DAVIE, Morag Ann resigned
    director
  24. 2024-10-25
    ➕
    GOULD, Ian appointed
    director
  25. 2024-10-25
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Karen Margaret resigned
    director
  26. 2024-10-25
    ➖
    MCBRIDE, Iain resigned
    director
  27. 2024-10-25
    ➖
    MCLELLAND, Graham resigned
    director
  28. 2024-10-21
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    mortgage · MR04
  29. 2024-10-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2024-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  31. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  32. 2022-09-01
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    BRYCE, Shona appointed
    director
  33. 2015-04-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 2015-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As FOURM LIMITED
  35. 2015-03-03
    ➕
    DAVIE, Morag Ann appointed
    director
  36. 2015-03-03
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Karen Margaret appointed
    director
  37. 2015-03-03
    ➕
    MCBRIDE, Iain appointed
    director
  38. 2015-03-03
    ➕
    MCLELLAND, Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Bk Plus Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bk Plus Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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FOURM LIMITED
This company · SC499452

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bk Plus Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/10/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Graham Mclellandceased 25/10/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Iain Mcbrideceased 25/10/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Morag Ann Davieceased 25/10/2024· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Stannergate House 41 Dundee Road West
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 1NB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

HILL, Edward John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2026-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Shaun Lee→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYCE, Shona→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-09-01 · resigned 2024-10-25
Resigned
DAVIE, Morag Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-03-03 · resigned 2024-10-25
Resigned
GOULD, Ian→
director · ~68y · appointed 2024-10-25 · resigned 2026-01-20
Resigned
HENDERSON, Karen Margaret→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-03-03 · resigned 2024-10-25
Resigned
MCBRIDE, Iain→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-03-03 · resigned 2024-10-25
Resigned
MCLELLAND, Graham→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-03-03 · resigned 2024-10-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—27/04/201521/10/2024

Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-07-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-31