FDGB LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC752667 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£7.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,493
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,408 YoY
Cash YoY
+27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£84k
↑ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£91k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£18k£36k£55k£73k£91kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£7.5k£9.9k
Current assets£91.2k£74.9k
Cash£83.8k£66.1k
Debtors£2.4k£3.4k
Net assets£7.5k£9.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2022-12-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FDGB LTD
  5. 2022-12-08
    MONTGOMERY, Gillian appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-08
    MONTGOMERY, Gordon appointed
    director
  7. 2022-12-08
    MONTGOMERY, Leslie appointed
    director
  8. 2022-12-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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 Gillian Montgomery
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/12/2022
Mr Gordon Montgomery
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/12/2022

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
Incorporated2022-12-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

2 Melville Street
Falkirk
FK1 1HZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MONTGOMERY, Gillian
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-12-08
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Active
MONTGOMERY, Gordon
director · ~60y · appointed 2022-12-08
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Active
MONTGOMERY, Leslie
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-12-08
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-08