CAITHNESS F.M. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC185596 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1998-05-08

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£79.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Radio broadcasting

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

32 officers (7 active, 32 linked, 30 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £79,847

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,820 YoY

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£38k

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£80k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Assets

£41k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£82.2k	£96.5k
Current assets	£41.3k	£49.9k
Cash	£37.7k	£44.7k
Debtors	£3.6k	£5.1k
Net assets	£79.8k	£93.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (78 events)Click to expand

2025-09-03
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officers · AP01
2025-09-03
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officers · TM01
2025-09-03
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officers · TM01
2025-09-03
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officers · TM01
2025-09-03
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officers · TM02
2025-08-30
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SAXON, Eric Roger appointed
secretary
2025-08-30
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MARSHALL, Brian appointed
director
2025-08-23
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JOHNSON, Jacqueline Susan resigned
secretary
2025-08-23
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JOHNSON, Jacqueline Susan resigned
director
2025-08-23
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JOHNSON, Robert Macdougall resigned
director
2025-08-23
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SAXON, Barbara Mary Martin resigned
director
2025-07-28
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accounts · AA
2024-10-11
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officers · AP01
2024-10-03
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officers · TM01
2024-09-30
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SPRENGER, Georgina appointed
director
2024-09-24
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ROSS, Shane resigned
director
2024-09-02
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accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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accounts · AA
2023-09-07
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officers · TM01
2023-09-07
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officers · AP01
2023-08-27
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MACDONALD, Steven Robert resigned
director
2023-08-27
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ROSS, Shane appointed
director
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2021-09-17
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2021-09-17
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2021-09-17
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officers · TM01
2021-09-11
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OWSNETT, Sandra Elizabeth appointed
director
2021-09-11
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BAIN, Barbara Ann resigned
director
2021-09-11
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MACDONALD, Steven Robert appointed
director
2021-05-18
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accounts · AA
2021-03-08
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2021-03-08
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-04-30
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MCARTHUR, Kenneth Stuart appointed
director
2019-10-09
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JACK, Jean Elizabeth resigned
director
2019-05-01
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MURRAY, Alistair resigned
director
2018-05-07
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MURRAY, Alistair appointed
director
2017-05-25
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SINCLAIR, David Alexander resigned
director
2014-06-18
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MCLEOD, Doreen resigned
director
2013-06-11
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JACK, Jean Elizabeth appointed
director
2013-06-11
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MACKENZIE, David Angus Falconer resigned
director
2012-06-12
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BRADLEY, Richard Andrew resigned
director
2012-06-12
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SINCLAIR, Elizabeth Patricia Ednie resigned
director
2010-06-09
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BRADLEY, Richard Andrew appointed
director
2010-06-09
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CHARLTON, Frank resigned
director
2010-06-09
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MACKENZIE, David Angus Falconer appointed
director
2010-06-09
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SAXON, Barbara Mary Martin appointed
director
2009-06-17
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YOUNG, Robert appointed
director
2009-06-13
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SAXON, Barbara Mary Martin resigned
director
2009-06-13
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YOUNG, Robert resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 78 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: JOHNSON, Jacqueline Susan resigned 2025-08-23; JOHNSON, Jacqueline Susan resigned 2025-08-23; JOHNSON, Robert Macdougall resigned 2025-08-23

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1998-05-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC60100 — Radio broadcasting

Registered office

Neil Gunn Drive, Ormlie

Industrial Estate,

Thurso

Caithness

KW14 7QU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-22

Last: 2025-05-08