FMS LAW LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC731936 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees121200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FMS LAW LIMITED
  7. 2022-05-10
    FARR, Sarah appointed
    director
  8. 2022-05-10
    MACKAY, Katharine Anna appointed
    director
  9. 2022-05-10
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2022-05-10
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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 Katharine Anna Mackay
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2022
Mrs Sarah Farr
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Ferguson House
Bridge Road
Portree
Isle Of Skye
IV51 9ER
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FARR, Sarah
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-05-10
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Active
MACKAY, Katharine Anna
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-05-10
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-10