FPZ UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05271653 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28131
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
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
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Turnover—£104.0k
Gross profit—£103.6k
Operating profit—£-10.2k
Profit before tax—£-10.2k
Average employees—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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-07
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-10-24
    ➕
    SKETT-RICKETTS, Adam appointed
    director
  6. 2025-08-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-08-15
    ➖
    FREEMAN, Paul Dennis resigned
    director
  8. 2025-08-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-09-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-07-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-28
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-02-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-08-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-03-24
    ➖
    TRETHOWANS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2009-08-25
    ➖
    SPAGNOLO, Massimiliano resigned
    director
  21. 2008-02-21
    ➖
    PELATI, Giancarlo resigned
    director
  22. 2008-02-21
    ➕
    SPAGNOLO, Massimiliano appointed
    director
  23. 2006-05-01
    ➖
    SHORROCK, Jonathan Robert resigned
    secretary
  24. 2006-05-01
    ➕
    TRETHOWANS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-02-07
    ➕
    FREEMAN, Paul Dennis appointed
    director
  26. 2004-10-28
    ➕
    FERIGO, Sergio Ettore appointed
    director
  27. 2004-10-28
    ➕
    SHORROCK, Jonathan Robert appointed
    secretary
  28. 2004-10-28
    ➖
    UK SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2004-10-28
    ➕
    PELATI, Giancarlo appointed
    director
  30. 2004-10-28
    ➖
    UK DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  31. 2004-10-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FPZ UK LIMITED
  32. 2004-10-27
    ➕
    UK SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  33. 2004-10-27
    ➕
    UK DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sergio Ettore Ferigo
Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · SO postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
150DEGREE PRINTS LTD→
11753641 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————7y——
A K PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED→
06116816 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
————19y——
ABSOLUTE MARINE LTD→
15830944 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ADVANCE SHUTTERS LIMITED→
06741886 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
ADVANCED KFS FABRICATION LIMITED→
10086620 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————10y——
ADVENTURE MARINE LIMITED→
13071714 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
AEGIS ALARMS LIMITED→
07298048 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————15y——
AERO SENSE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED→
06577602 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
————17y——
AERO TECHNICS (MANCHESTER) LIMITED→
07457963 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————15y——
AEROPLANE WORKSHOP LTD→
12000352 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
AEROSOFT LIMITED→
02224652 · est 1988 · no financials extracted
————38y——
AEROSSTECH LTD→
16648896 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28131 — SIC 28131

Registered office

The Pavilion Botleigh Grange Business Park
Hedge End
Southampton
SO30 2AF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

FERIGO, Sergio Ettore→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKETT-RICKETTS, Adam→
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHORROCK, Jonathan Robert→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-28 · resigned 2006-05-01
Resigned
TRETHOWANS SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-01 · resigned 2016-03-24
Resigned
UK SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2004-10-28
Resigned
FREEMAN, Paul Dennis→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-02-07 · resigned 2025-08-15
Resigned
PELATI, Giancarlo→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-10-28 · resigned 2008-02-21
Resigned
SPAGNOLO, Massimiliano→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-02-21 · resigned 2009-08-25
Resigned
UK DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2004-10-28
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30