FERSA LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC219538 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-24

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 24.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 24.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 24.9 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

75 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	4	400

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

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3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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accounts · AA
2024-11-04
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accounts · AA
2023-11-21
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accounts · AA
2023-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
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officers · AP01
2021-01-05
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officers · AP01
2021-01-01
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ADAM, Ryan Forrester appointed
director
2021-01-01
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ADAM, Suzanne Carol appointed
director
2020-08-05
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2020-08-05
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-21
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-04-06
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ADAM, Elaine appointed
director
2011-07-01
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PEEBLES, Robert Alan resigned
director
2001-06-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2001-06-01
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ADAM, Elaine appointed
secretary
2001-06-01
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ADAM, William Forrester appointed
director
2001-06-01
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CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-01
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MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell resigned
nominee-director
2001-06-01
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PEEBLES, Robert Alan appointed
director
2001-05-24
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Company incorporated
As FERSA LTD
2001-05-24
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CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-05-24
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MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell appointed
nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Forrester Adam Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	30/06/2016
Mrs Elaine Adam Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2001-05-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Unit 7, 1 Blackwood Way

Bankhead Industrial Estate

Glenrothes

Fife

KY7 6JF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-07

Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

ADAM, Elaine→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-01

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Active

ADAM, Elaine→

director · ~62y · appointed 2014-04-06

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Active

ADAM, Ryan Forrester→

director · ~33y · appointed 2021-01-01

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Active

ADAM, Suzanne Carol→

director · ~29y · appointed 2021-01-01

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Active

ADAM, William Forrester→

director · ~63y · appointed 2001-06-01

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Active

CHARLOTTE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-24 · resigned 2001-06-01

Resigned

MEIKLEJOHN, Iain Maury Campbell→

nominee-director · ~72y · appointed 2001-05-24 · resigned 2001-06-01

Resigned

PEEBLES, Robert Alan→

director · ~88y · appointed 2001-06-01 · resigned 2011-07-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Floating charge	1 property	06/06/2001	—

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