FM MULTITRADE CONTRACTS LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC835587 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-28
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
  • · Opportunity score: 60 → 68
  • · Bankability: 55 → 65
  • · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • Opportunity score: 6068
  • Hygiene score: 7090
  • Bankability: 5565
  • ·Distress / opportunity: speculativeavoid
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
  • 43210Electrical installation
  • 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-01-31
    MCCLURE, William James appointed
    director
  3. 2025-01-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2025-01-31
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FM MULTITRADE CONTRACTS LTD
  6. 2025-01-28
    FERRIS, Ross appointed
    director
  7. 2025-01-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-31: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ross Ferris
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1993 · age 33
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

C/O Mccreath Accountancy Phoenix House, Ground Floor Left,
Phoenix Business Park
Linwood
Renfrewshire
PA1 2BH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FERRIS, Ross
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-01-28
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MCCLURE, William James
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-01-31
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Recent filings (5 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-28