FIVE LAND BIKES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC562282 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£15.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30920
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £15,678
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,246 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£19k
↓ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£27k£40k£53k£66kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£15.7k£30.9k
Current assets£18.7k£66.3k
Net assets£15.7k£30.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-04-01
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-30
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FIVE LAND BIKES LTD
  17. 2017-04-03
    ➕
    FISHER, Callum Jack appointed
    director
  18. 2017-04-03
    ➕
    STITT, Matthew appointed
    director
  19. 2017-04-03
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Callum Jack Fisher
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest03/04/2017
Mr Matthew Stitt
Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 01/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest03/04/2017

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
Incorporated2017-04-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC30920 — SIC 30920

Registered office

Studio 5 Cockburn Farm
Balerno
EH14 7JB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FISHER, Callum Jack→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-04-03
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Active
STITT, Matthew→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-04-03
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-01