FEUDUTIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC053153 · ltd · incorporated 1973-05-22
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 27.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 27.1y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
119 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years 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 | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £5 |
| Current assets | — | £5 |
| Net assets | — | £5 |
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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-25📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-11-13➕MCDONALD, Alexander Francis appointedsecretary
- 2019-11-13➖THORNTONS LAW LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-11-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-11-13📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2011-10-08➕LAWSON, Virginia Mary appointeddirector
- 2011-10-08➕SCOTT, Claire Fiona, Dr appointeddirector
- 2011-10-08➖MCDONALD, Alexander Francis, Professor resigneddirector
- 2011-10-08➖MCDONALD, Doreen Mary resigneddirector
- 2004-12-01➕THORNTONS LAW LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-11-30➖THORNTONS WS resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1999-04-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Halifax PLC
- 1991-07-15➖FAIR, James Stuart resigneddirector
- 1991-07-15➕MCDONALD, Doreen Mary appointeddirector
- 1991-03-20➕MCDONALD, Alexander Francis appointeddirector
- 1988-11-01➕THORNTONS WS appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1973-05-22🏢Company incorporatedAs FEUDUTIES LIMITED
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ms Virginia Mary Lawson Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Alexander Francis Mcdonald Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Dr Claire Fiona Scott Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-05-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
Tayview
3 Hill Road, Broughty Ferry
Dundee
DD5 2JS
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01
Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)
MCDONALD, Alexander Francis→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-11-13
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LAWSON, Virginia Mary→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2011-10-08
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MCDONALD, Alexander Francis→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 1991-03-20
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SCOTT, Claire Fiona, Dr→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2011-10-08
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THORNTONS LAW LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2019-11-13
THORNTONS WS→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1988-11-01 · resigned 2004-11-30
FAIR, James Stuart→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · resigned 1991-07-15
MCDONALD, Alexander Francis, Professor→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · resigned 2011-10-08
MCDONALD, Doreen Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · appointed 1991-07-15 · resigned 2011-10-08
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Halifax PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 02/04/1999 | — |
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Recent filings (119 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-11-13