FIRE WORK FRANCHISE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC564461 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-27
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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: 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
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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
21 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-08📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2018-03-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-01-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-04-27🏢Company incorporatedAs FIRE WORK FRANCHISE LIMITED
- 2017-04-27➕ROSS, Jason Mackenzie appointeddirector
- 2017-04-27➕ROSS, Wilma Elizabeth Mackay appointeddirector
- 2017-04-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +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 signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Wilma Elizabeth Mackay Ross Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 27/04/2017 |
Mr Jason Mackenzie Ross Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENSOCENE LIMITED→ SC555265 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| FINSBAY HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC803805 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| GASK CONTRACTORS LTD→ SC792922 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| GLOBAL HIGHLAND LIMITED→ SC497149 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| GMAC FINANCIAL PLANNING LTD→ SC595888 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| GRA PSYCHOLOGY LTD→ SC876669 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GREY & CO. SOLICITORS LTD→ SC433331 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| GRIGOR & YOUNG TRUSTEES LIMITED→ SC153145 · est 1994 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 31y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Colinton
Tore
Muir Of Ord
IV6 7SA
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ROSS, Jason Mackenzie→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2017-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROSS, Wilma Elizabeth Mackay→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2017-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-01