FIRST FOR FOOTCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC444597 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-08
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees500500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-11-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-11-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-11-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-11-01
    ➕
    GRANT, Elizabeth Dawn appointed
    director
  14. 2021-11-01
    ➕
    GRANT, Elizabeth Dawn appointed
    director
  15. 2021-11-01
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    GRANT, Elizabeth Dawn resigned
    director
  16. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2013-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As FIRST FOR FOOTCARE LIMITED
  22. 2013-03-08
    ➕
    GRANT, Leslie Ian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elizabeth Dawn Grant
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/01/2026
Mr Leslie Ian Grant
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elizabeth Dawn Grantceased 05/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2013-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

14 Kerse Lane
Falkirk
FK1 1RQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GRANT, Elizabeth Dawn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Leslie Ian→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Elizabeth Dawn→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-11-01 · resigned 2021-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-11-09