LETTERFINLAY CATERING EQUIPMENT LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC192223 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-29
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,710
Cash YoY
+415%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 415% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 156% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£8k£2k£13k£24k£34k£45kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.9k£-8.4k
Current assets£30.8k£45.1k
Cash£4.8k£925
Debtors£19.0k£34.4k
Net assets£4.7k£-8.4k

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

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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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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  2. 2024-11-05
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2022-11-24
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  5. 2022-11-24
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  6. 2022-11-23
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    FORSYTH, Julie appointed
    director
  7. 2022-11-23
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    FORSYTH, Kenneth appointed
    director
  8. 2022-11-23
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    PROVAN, Robert resigned
    director
  9. 2022-11-23
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    PROVAN, Sandra resigned
    director
  10. 2022-11-23
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  11. 2022-11-23
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  12. 2022-11-11
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  13. 2021-09-28
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  14. 2021-06-28
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  15. 2020-04-29
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  16. 2019-05-10
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  17. 2018-05-16
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  18. 2017-03-20
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  19. 2016-05-12
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  20. 2012-08-15
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2004-05-30
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    PROVAN, Sandra appointed
    director
  22. 1999-06-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  23. 1998-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As LETTERFINLAY CATERING EQUIPMENT LTD.
  24. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Margaret Clair appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Roy William appointed
    director
  26. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-12-29
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    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1998-12-29
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    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  29. 1998-12-29
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    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  30. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    PROVAN, Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FORSYTH, Julie (same surname) appointed 2022-11-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-12-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Units 1 & 2
Annat Point Industri Corpach
Fort William
Inverness Shire
PH33 7NA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-12
Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

FORSYTH, Margaret Clair→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-29
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Active
FORSYTH, Julie→
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-11-23
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Active
FORSYTH, Kenneth→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-11-23
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Active
FORSYTH, Roy William→
director · ~77y · appointed 1998-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-12-29 · resigned 1998-12-29
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1998-12-29 · resigned 1998-12-29
Resigned
PROVAN, Robert→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-12-29 · resigned 2022-11-23
Resigned
PROVAN, Sandra→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-05-30 · resigned 2022-11-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property08/06/199915/08/2012

Recent filings (72 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
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accounts · AA
2025-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
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officers · AP01
2022-11-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-24
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officers · TM01
2022-11-23
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officers · TM01
2022-11-23
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accounts · AA
2022-11-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts · AA01
2021-06-28