FIDRA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC759337 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-17
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-27.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 64303Activities of venture and development capital companies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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, 2 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
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
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £27,719

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£28k
↓ 146% YoY
Current Assets
£4.1m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£28k£805k£1.6m£2.5m£3.3m£4.1mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£4.11M£4.13M
Current assets£4.11M£4.13M
Net assets£-27.7k£-11.3k

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

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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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-03
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-04-08
    GILLIES, Sophie Clare appointed
    director
  5. 2024-04-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-03-01
    📄
    withdrawal-of-the-directors-register-information-from-the-public-register
    officers · EW01
  7. 2023-02-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FIDRA INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  8. 2023-02-17
    GILLIES, Donald Andrew appointed
    director
  9. 2023-02-17
    📄
    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
  • +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.

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 Sophie Clare Gillies
Individual · British · DOB 07/1994 · age 32
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/02/2023
Mr Donald Andrew Gillies
Individual · British · DOB 05/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/02/2023

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
Incorporated2023-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

Summit House
4 - 5 Mitchell Street
Edinburgh
EH6 7BD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-07
Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GILLIES, Donald Andrew
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-02-17
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Active
GILLIES, Sophie Clare
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-04-08
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-08
withdrawal-of-the-directors-register-information-from-the-public-register
officers · EW01
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-17