FAIRBURN ELECTRIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02582879 · ltd · incorporated 1991-02-15

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 4.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£100

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.5y

75/100

ready

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

· Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

98 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £100

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£100

~ YoY

Net Worth

£100

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£100	£100
Cash	£100	£100
Net assets	£100	£100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
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officers · AP01
2026-04-30
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
2026-04-13
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officers · TM01
2026-03-31
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FORTH, Glen Edwin appointed
director
2026-03-31
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HALSEY, Philip Robert Charles appointed
director
2026-03-31
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JOHNSON, Scott John appointed
director
2026-03-31
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WILSON, Paul Stephen appointed
director
2026-03-31
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MARTIN, Christopher resigned
director
2026-01-21
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officers · CH01
2026-01-21
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officers · CH03
2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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mortgage · MR01
2022-02-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts · AA
2016-06-10
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NICHOLSON, Anthony James resigned
director
2012-05-04
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FAIRBURN, Peter resigned
director
2009-03-31
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WARD, Andrew appointed
secretary
2009-03-31
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WARD, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2009-03-31
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FAIRBURN, Andrew resigned
secretary
2009-03-31
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FAIRBURN, Andrew resigned
director
2009-03-31
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MARTIN, Christopher appointed
director
2009-03-31
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NICHOLSON, Anthony James appointed
director
1994-07-25
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ASHTON, Peter Glanville resigned
director
1991-02-15
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Company incorporated
As FAIRBURN ELECTRIC LIMITED

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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.)

Group structure

Fairburns Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fairburns Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FAIRBURN ELECTRIC LIMITED

This company · 02582879

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Fairburns Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1991-02-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

73/79 Clarence Street

Hull

North Humberside

HU9 1DH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-01

Last: 2026-02-15