FAST FIXX MOBILITY SERVICES LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC250720 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-06

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£354.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £353,970

Net assets shrinking

Down £100,098 YoY

Cash YoY

-12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£380k

↓ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£354k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£380k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£356.6k	£464.6k
Current assets	£380.4k	£501.7k
Cash	£380.4k	£434.4k
Debtors	—	£67.2k
Net assets	£354.0k	£454.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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2025-03-24
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2024-03-31
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2023-03-21
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2022-03-23
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2021-03-18
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2020-02-03
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2019-02-12
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2018-12-11
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2018-03-29
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2017-01-12
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2016-12-20
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2016-03-29
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2016-02-23
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2015-07-09
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2011-07-05
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REID, James Cook resigned
secretary
2003-06-06
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Company incorporated
As FAST FIXX MOBILITY SERVICES LTD.
2003-06-06
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MCFARLANE, George appointed
director
2003-06-06
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REID, James Cook appointed
secretary
2003-06-06
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-06
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2003-06-06
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2003-06-06
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

Twin Holdings (Scotland) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Twin Holdings (Scotland) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FAST FIXX MOBILITY SERVICES LTD.

This company · SC250720

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Twin Holdings (Scotland) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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BSB STRUCTURAL TOPCO LIMITED→ SC358057 · est 2009	£13.36M £9.84M–£16.87M	—	—	500	17y	86	65y
TRIDENT MAINTENANCE SERVICES LTD→ SC503188 · est 2015	£9.78M £7.21M–£12.36M	—	—	101	11y	85	76y
ACE STRUCTURAL DRAUGHTING LIMITED→ SC333423 · est 2007	—	—	£70.8k	—	18y	83	71y
DAVIDSON & SHIRLEY LIMITED→ SC339565 · est 2008	—	—	£505.5k	—	18y	83	65y
KRISTELAN (UK) LIMITED→ SC350294 · est 2008	—	—	£130.4k	—	17y	83	58y
RECOVERY FIRST LIMITED→ SC396353 · est 2011	—	—	—	900	15y	83	65y
SOUTH WEST TRANSPORT LTD.→ SC174229 · est 1997	—	—	£873	—	29y	83	58y
TEN LIVE LIMITED→ SC369924 · est 2009	—	—	£436.8k	—	16y	83	61y
UTEACH LIMITED→ SC304740 · est 2006	—	—	£341.6k	—	19y	83	62y
A D PLANS LIMITED→ SC263752 · est 2004	—	—	£158.0k	—	22y	82	65y
ANDERSON BALLANTINE LIMITED→ SC338733 · est 2008	—	—	—	—	18y	82	70y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-06-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

8 Tom Mccabe Gardens

Hamilton

ML3 6LW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-09

Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MCFARLANE, George→

director · ~68y · appointed 2003-06-06

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Active

REID, James Cook→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-06 · resigned 2011-07-05

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-06 · resigned 2003-06-06

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-06 · resigned 2003-06-06

Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-03-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-03-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-02-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-02-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-02-27