FORMARTINE PARTNERSHIP LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC301273 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2006-04-25

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£18.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

85590Other education n.e.c.
91012Archives activities
93290Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 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

29 officers (8 active, 29 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 £18,932

Cash YoY

+2%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£35k

↑ 2.0% YoY

Net Worth

£19k

↑ 3.9% YoY

Current Assets

£35k

↑ 2.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£18.9k	£18.2k
Current assets	£35.2k	£34.5k
Cash	£35.1k	£34.4k
Debtors	£99	£56
Net assets	£18.9k	£18.2k

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-06-21
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officers · AP01
2024-06-21
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officers · AP01
2024-06-21
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officers · AP01
2024-06-21
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officers · TM01
2024-06-19
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FOXEN, Hilary appointed
director
2024-06-19
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GUNSON, Rodney appointed
director
2024-06-19
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LEONARD, Andrew Jeremy appointed
director
2024-06-19
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MARTIN, Brian John resigned
director
2024-06-19
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MILNE, Yvonne resigned
director
2024-06-19
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officers · TM01
2024-06-19
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officers · TM01
2024-06-12
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ANDREW, Mark Henry Tresham resigned
director
2024-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-02
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accounts · AA
2021-05-06
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officers · TM01
2021-04-19
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accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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THOMSON, John resigned
director
2021-03-26
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2021-03-26
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2021-03-26
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2021-03-24
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HEKELAAR, David Gillanders Fraser appointed
director
2020-11-10
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officers · TM01
2020-10-31
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TADHUNTER, Frederick Charles resigned
director
2019-10-11
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officers · TM01
2019-09-27
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DAVIS, Robert Bryant resigned
director
2019-06-06
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officers · TM01
2019-05-28
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DOUGLAS, Glen resigned
director
2019-05-07
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OWEN, Gillian Louise resigned
director
2019-04-30
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ANDREW, Mark Henry Tresham appointed
director
2016-02-23
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DOUGLAS, Glen appointed
director
2015-03-04
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TADHUNTER, Frederick Charles appointed
director
2014-11-26
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JONES, John Neville resigned
director
2014-11-26
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MCDOUGALL, Alexander Robert resigned
director
2014-11-26
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SMITH, Alan Donald resigned
director
2014-01-22
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MCRAE, Alisdair resigned
director
2013-10-15
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SINCLAIR, Alistair appointed
secretary
2013-10-15
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NEWTON, Keith resigned
secretary
2013-03-13
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DAVIDSON, Isobel, Cllr resigned
director
2013-03-13
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MCDOUGALL, Alexander Robert appointed
director
2013-03-13
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MCRAE, Alisdair appointed
director
2013-03-13
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MILNE, Yvonne appointed
director
2013-03-13
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NEWTON, Keith resigned
director
2013-03-13
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OWEN, Gillian Louise appointed
director
2013-03-13
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SMITH, Alan Donald appointed
director
2012-11-21
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LODER, John Francis, Doctor appointed
director
2012-11-21
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ANDREW, Mark Henry Tresham resigned
director
2012-11-21
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HENDRY, Allan, Cllr resigned
director

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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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2006-04-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Haddo Estate Office Mains Of Haddo

Tarves

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

AB41 7LD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-09

Last: 2025-04-25