LOCAL PUBLISHING (FIFE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC255564 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 92-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 92). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees00

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
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2024-02-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-02-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-10-13
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2020-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  13. 2018-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2018-01-15
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  15. 2017-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-01-08
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    SELWYN, Jonathan Gordon appointed
    director
  17. 2003-09-24
    ➕
    SELWYN, Jonathan Gordon appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-09-24
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    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2003-09-10
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    SELWYN, Flora Dagmar appointed
    director
  20. 2003-09-10
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2003-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As LOCAL PUBLISHING (FIFE) LIMITED
  22. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 92 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 92 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Flora Dagmar Selwyn
Individual · British · DOB 02/1934 · age 92
75–100%
—75-100% shares08/09/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58142 — Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Registered office

C/O Henderson Black & Co
Chestney House
149 Market Street, St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9PF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SELWYN, Jonathan Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-24
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Active
SELWYN, Flora Dagmar→
director · ~92y · appointed 2003-09-10
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Active
SELWYN, Jonathan Gordon→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-01-08
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Active
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2003-09-24
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2003-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-13
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21