FPD ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC467249 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
32 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees4500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-23
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-09-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2023-09-18
    ➕
    GIBSON, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  8. 2023-06-09
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Allan Ray resigned
    director
  9. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2018-12-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2018-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-31
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    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2018-01-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2018-01-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2018-01-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2017-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2014-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As FPD ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  23. 2014-01-13
    ➕
    FOTHERINGHAM, Allan Thomas appointed
    director
  24. 2014-01-13
    ➕
    FOTHERINGHAM, Elaine appointed
    director
  25. 2014-01-13
    ➕
    FOTHERINGHAM, Margaret appointed
    director
  26. 2014-01-13
    ➕
    FOTHERINGHAM, Michael appointed
    director
  27. 2014-01-13
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Allan Ray appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Elaine Fotheringham
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
Mr Michael Fotheringham
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
Mr Allan Thomas Fotheringham
Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
Mrs Margaret Fotheringham
Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Allan Ray Fotheringhamceased 09/06/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

Linton Road
Gourdon
DD10 0NH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

GIBSON, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2023-09-18
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Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Allan Thomas→
director · ~79y · appointed 2014-01-13
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Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Elaine→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-01-13
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Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Margaret→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-01-13
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Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Michael→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-01-13
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Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Allan Ray→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-01-13 · resigned 2023-06-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property26/01/201807/12/2018
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—15/01/2018—
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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-23
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21