FAIRWAY RIDER G3 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07172243 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-01
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£47.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £46,973
Net assets shrinking
Down £813 YoY
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Net Worth
£47k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£47.0k£47.8k
Current assets£59.8k£56.6k
Cash£9.3k£9.7k
Debtors£17.0k£17.9k
Net assets£47.0k£47.8k

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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-17
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2020-04-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-09
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-10-30
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    WILLIAMS, Alan Martin appointed
    director
  14. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-19
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-02-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-09-23
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    DUFFEY, Rebecca appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-23
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    LEATHERBARROW, Shaun Christopher resigned
    director
  19. 2015-03-12
    ➖
    GRAY, Neil Christopher resigned
    director
  20. 2013-11-30
    ➕
    GRAY, Neil Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2013-11-30
    ➖
    LEATHERBARROW, Elizabeth Kate resigned
    director
  22. 2013-11-30
    ➕
    LEATHERBARROW, Shaun Christopher appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-01
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    Company incorporated
    As FAIRWAY RIDER G3 LIMITED
  24. 2010-03-01
    ➕
    LEATHERBARROW, Elizabeth Kate appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
Miss Rebecca Duffey
Individual · British · DOB 06/1991 · age 35
—50–75%50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-03-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

15 Market Street
Standish
Wigan
Lancashire
WN6 0HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DUFFEY, Rebecca→
director · ~35y · appointed 2015-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Alan Martin→
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAY, Neil Christopher→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-11-30 · resigned 2015-03-12
Resigned
LEATHERBARROW, Elizabeth Kate→
director · ~48y · appointed 2010-03-01 · resigned 2013-11-30
Resigned
LEATHERBARROW, Shaun Christopher→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-11-30 · resigned 2015-09-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-04-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-04