F&S TUBE MANIPULATION LTD

🌳Matureactive
03859103 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-14
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 23.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£74.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 23.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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 £74,557

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£75k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£30k£45k£60k£75kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£79.6k£75.9k
Current assets£66.9k£59.5k
Net assets£74.6k£58.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-06-03
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  3. 2024-04-05
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  4. 2023-07-04
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  5. 2022-08-03
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  6. 2021-03-16
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-03-14
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  9. 2019-03-14
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  10. 2018-01-31
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  11. 2017-05-31
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    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2017-05-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2017-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2003-06-03
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    SLADDIN, Sandra Gillian resigned
    director
  18. 2003-03-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Skipton Business Finance LTD
  19. 2003-03-21
    ➕
    FRENCH, Jonathan appointed
    director
  20. 2003-03-21
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    FARNELL, Les resigned
    director
  21. 2003-03-21
    ➕
    SLADDIN, Sandra Gillian appointed
    director
  22. 2001-12-17
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    SLADDIN, Nigel Harold appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-12-17
    ➖
    SLADDIN, Sandra Gillian resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-11-26
    ➕
    FARNELL, Les appointed
    director
  25. 1999-10-16
    ➕
    SLADDIN, Nigel Harold appointed
    director
  26. 1999-10-16
    ➕
    SLADDIN, Sandra Gillian appointed
    secretary
  27. 1999-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As F&S TUBE MANIPULATION LTD
  28. 1999-10-14
    ➕
    BCM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1999-10-14
    ➖
    BCM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1999-10-14
    ➕
    BCM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  31. 1999-10-14
    ➖
    BCM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Harold Sladdin
Individual · English · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares07/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 10 Brunswick Mills
Brassey Street
Halifax
HX1 2EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SLADDIN, Nigel Harold→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-17
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Active
FRENCH, Jonathan→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-03-21
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Active
SLADDIN, Nigel Harold→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-10-16
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Active
SLADDIN, Sandra Gillian→
secretary · appointed 1999-10-16 · resigned 2001-12-17
Resigned
BCM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-10-14 · resigned 1999-10-14
Resigned
FARNELL, Les→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-11-26 · resigned 2003-03-21
Resigned
SLADDIN, Sandra Gillian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-03-21 · resigned 2003-06-03
Resigned
BCM DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-10-14 · resigned 1999-10-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Skipton Business Finance
Skipton Business Finance LTD
Fixed charge on all debts and related rights and floating charge on all other property1 property26/03/200331/05/2017

Recent filings (76 total)

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2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14