FAIRVIEW BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00808186 · ltd · incorporated 1964-06-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 35.1y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-20
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  3. 2025-01-05
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  4. 2025-01-05
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  5. 2025-01-05
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  7. 2024-01-30
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  8. 2023-01-23
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  9. 2022-04-05
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  10. 2021-11-02
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  11. 2021-10-27
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    address · AD01
  12. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-30
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  15. 2018-03-30
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  16. 2017-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-03-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Nethan Valley Homes Limited
  18. 1999-02-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Nethan Valley Homes Limited
  19. 1998-03-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Right Hon. Marie Therese Baroness Armstrong
  20. 1997-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 1997-09-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 1995-05-31
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    SWEARMAN, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  23. 1995-01-14
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    SWEARMAN, Charles Albert resigned
    director
  24. 1992-12-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Rt. Hon. Marie Therese Baroness Armstrong, F.W.P.W. Armstrong and C.F.J. Thompson
  25. 1991-05-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Skipton Building Society
  26. 1964-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIRVIEW BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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
Mrs Susan Margaret Swearman
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/12/2024
Mr Mark Charles Swearman
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1964-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SWEARMAN, Susan Margaret→
secretary
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Active
SWEARMAN, Mark Charles→
director · ~65y
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Active
SWEARMAN, Susan Margaret→
director · ~65y · appointed 1995-05-31
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Active
SWEARMAN, Charles Albert→
director · ~93y · resigned 1995-01-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Nethan Valley Homes
Nethan Valley Homes Limited
Legal charge1 property20/03/2002—
outstanding
Nethan Valley Homes
Nethan Valley Homes Limited
Legal charge1 property02/02/1999—
outstanding
The Right Hon. Marie Therese Baroness Armstrong / Alexander Simon Richard Bateson / John Davidson / Francis William Paul Watson-Armstrong
Legal charge1 property20/03/1998—
satisfied
The Rt. Hon. Marie Therese Baroness Armstrong, F.W.P.W. Armstrong and C.F.J. Thompson
Legal charge1 property23/12/199217/09/1997
satisfied
Skipton Building Society
Legal charge1 property24/05/199117/09/1997
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Recent filings (108 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-01-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02