FP BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC370004 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-11
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-01
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-09-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-08
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2022-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-09-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-11-16
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  12. 2020-09-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-01-15
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2020-01-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2013-02-01
    ➕
    ANDREW, Joanne appointed
    director
  19. 2009-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FP BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2009-12-11
    ➕
    ANDREW, Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Andrew
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Andrew
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · ML postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ENERGY ALCHEMY PEOPLE LIMITED→
SC727728 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————4y——
ENERGY SAVING TECHNOLOGY LTD.→
SC333621 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
————18y——
ESP MUSIC RENTALS LIMITED→
SC349446 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
FAST FIXX MOBILITY SERVICES LTD.→
SC250720 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
————22y——
FIRST FOOT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD→
SC411212 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————14y——
FITNESS TAKEAWAY LIMITED→
SC393326 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————15y——
FPAS SCOTLAND LIMITED→
SC498084 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
————11y——
FREE FROM BAKERY SOLUTIONS LTD→
SC651353 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————6y——
FRONTLINE CONSULTANTS LIMITED→
SC129132 · est 1990 · no financials extracted
————35y——
G C M SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
SC832999 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
G INGRAM AND COMPANY LIMITED→
SC200144 · est 1999 · no financials extracted
————26y——
G4 HIRE LTD→
SC715278 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Atrium Business Centre
North Caldeen Road
Coatbridge
ML5 4EF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDREW, Joanne→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDREW, Peter→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-20
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-20