FOODSERVICE EQUIPMENT MARKETING HOLDINGS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC648485 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-29
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.91M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,908,024

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£5.9m
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£1.2m£2.4m£3.5m£4.7m£5.9mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£5.91M£5.91M
Debtors£2.02M£2.04M
Net assets£5.91M£5.91M

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-10
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2020-11-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2020-03-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-03-10
    HOGAN, Mark Peter appointed
    director
  11. 2019-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FOODSERVICE EQUIPMENT MARKETING HOLDINGS LIMITED
  12. 2019-11-29
    HOGAN, Harry appointed
    director
  13. 2019-11-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Harry Hogan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/11/2019

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
Incorporated2019-11-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 0YL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOGAN, Harry
director · ~78y · appointed 2019-11-29
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Active
HOGAN, Mark Peter
director · ~44y · appointed 2020-03-10
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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-11-09