FONE SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LIMITED
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. 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: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £48.1k | £52.7k |
| Current assets | £69.3k | £66.8k |
| Net assets | £3.6k | £7.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-19➕ALI, Farrukh appointeddirector
- 2022-08-19➖DIN, Salahul resigneddirector
- 2022-08-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-08-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-08-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-05🏢Company incorporatedAs FONE SOLUTIONS SCOTLAND LIMITED
- 2018-12-05➕DIN, Salahul appointeddirector
- 2018-12-05📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Farrukh Ali Individual · Pakistani · DOB 02/1993 · age 33 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 19/08/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Salahul Dinceased 19/08/2022· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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 →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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