FAST FIX BOX LTD

🌳Matureactive

06540033 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-19

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 17.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£-51.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22290

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £51,428

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£51k

↓ 1.0% YoY

Current Assets

£832

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£-51.4k	£-50.9k
Current assets	£832	£946
Net assets	£-51.4k	£-50.9k

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

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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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-01
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2025-05-23
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2024-05-08
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2023-05-19
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2022-05-27
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2021-05-27
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2020-05-29
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2019-05-01
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2019-03-13
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2018-04-05
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accounts · AA
2017-10-25
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TRIGGS, Adam Charles resigned
director
2017-05-31
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accounts · AA
2016-05-31
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accounts · AA
2016-05-24
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-21
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-13
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officers · TM01
2015-03-30
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BANNATYNE, Duncan Walker resigned
director
2010-09-06
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CAAN, James resigned
director
2009-03-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Electro Expo Limited
2008-03-19
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Company incorporated
As FAST FIX BOX LTD
2008-03-19
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MOULE, Peter John appointed
secretary
2008-03-19
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CHANDLER, Jonathan Anthony appointed
director
2008-03-19
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MOULE, Peter John appointed
director
2008-03-19
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BANNATYNE, Duncan Walker appointed
director
2008-03-19
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CAAN, James appointed
director
2008-03-19
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TRIGGS, Adam Charles appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter John Moule Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Anthony Chandler Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2008-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

Fiveways 57-59 Hatfield Road

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

EN6 1HS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MOULE, Peter John→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-19

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Active

CHANDLER, Jonathan Anthony→

director · ~53y · appointed 2008-03-19

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Active

MOULE, Peter John→

director · ~72y · appointed 2008-03-19

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Active

BANNATYNE, Duncan Walker→

director · ~77y · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2015-03-30

Resigned

CAAN, James→

director · ~66y · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2010-09-06

Resigned

TRIGGS, Adam Charles→

director · ~54y · appointed 2008-03-19 · resigned 2017-10-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Electro Expo Electro Expo Limited	Debenture	1 property	24/03/2009	—

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