FAODAIL LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC803025 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-14
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
7 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.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-14🏢Company incorporatedAs FAODAIL LTD
- 2024-03-14➕CARTER, Isabella Bree appointeddirector
- 2024-03-14➕MCCATHIE, Alexander William appointeddirector
- 2024-03-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alexander William Mccathie Individual · British · DOB 02/1999 · age 27 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 14/03/2024 |
Mrs Isabella Bree Carter Individual · American · DOB 11/1997 · age 29 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 14/03/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| EK FITNESS ACADEMY LTD→ SC800478 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| EUROPEAN LAND ART FESTIVALS CIC→ SC788777 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| EVENTS WITH MOXIE LTD→ SC606021 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| FABLE & LUNE LTD→ SC852595 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| FENCING FUN LIMITED→ SC440207 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities
Registered office
2 Springdale Road
Tranent
EH32 9SP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CARTER, Isabella Bree→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2024-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCCATHIE, Alexander William→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2024-03-14
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Recent filings (7 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-14