SAMMANTHA MACLACHLAN FGA LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC648620 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-02
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.
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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As SAMMANTHA MACLACHLAN FGA LTD
  10. 2019-12-02
    ➕
    MACLACHLAN, Greg Kenneth appointed
    director
  11. 2019-12-02
    ➕
    MACLACHLAN, Sammantha Alexis appointed
    director
  12. 2019-12-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MACLACHLAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 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
Mrs Sammantha Alexis Maclachlan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control02/12/2019
Mr Greg Kenneth Maclachlan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/12/2019

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
Incorporated2019-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

Suite 10 Lower Ground Floor 70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACLACHLAN, Greg Kenneth→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-12-02
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Active
MACLACHLAN, Sammantha Alexis→
director · ~40y · appointed 2019-12-02
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-02-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-12-02