A. FIGG BUILDERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04849331 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-29
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 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
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-07-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2024-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-05-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2024-05-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2023-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-08-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2023-08-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2023-08-01
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    FIGG, Joanne Leslie appointed
    director
  19. 2022-11-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2022-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2022-11-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2022-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2022-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  24. 2021-05-04
    ➕
    FIGG, George Robert Andrew appointed
    director
  25. 2003-07-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A. FIGG BUILDERS LIMITED
  26. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    FIGG, Joanne Leslie appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    FIGG, Andrew John appointed
    director
  28. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-07-29
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-07-29
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2003-07-29
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FIGG" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 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

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Andrew John Figg
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Leslie Figg
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

1259 London Road
C/O Mcl Accountants
Leigh-On-Sea
Essex
SS9 2AF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

FIGG, Joanne Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIGG, Andrew John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIGG, George Robert Andrew→
director · ~29y · appointed 2021-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIGG, Joanne Leslie→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-29 · resigned 2003-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-05-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-07