FAIRMOUNT WEATHER SYSTEMS LTD

💤Zombieactive
04479898 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 26513SIC 26513
  • 45400SIC 45400
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 4 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-13
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-09-22
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  5. 2021-09-29
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  6. 2020-09-30
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  7. 2019-09-30
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  8. 2018-09-28
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  9. 2017-09-30
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  10. 2016-09-23
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  11. 2015-09-02
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  12. 2015-07-13
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  13. 2015-07-13
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  14. 2014-09-26
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  15. 2002-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIRMOUNT WEATHER SYSTEMS LTD
  16. 2002-07-08
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    COPPING, Stellah Lulu appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-07-08
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    COPPING, Paul Denis appointed
    director
  18. 2002-07-08
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    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-07-08
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    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2002-07-08
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    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2002-07-08
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    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Paul Denis Copping
Individual · British · DOB 06/1953 · age 73
——sig. influencesignificant influence15/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

1 Scotts Gardens
Whittlesford
Cambridge
CB22 4NR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COPPING, Stellah Lulu→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COPPING, Paul Denis→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-07-08
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Active
CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2002-07-08
Resigned
CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2002-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
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2025-09-23
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2024-09-27
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accounts · AA
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
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2022-09-22
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accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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2020-09-17
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2020-07-13
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accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-10