IAN DAVIDSON FABRICATION LTD

🌳Matureactive
NI616349 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-16
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 35110SIC 35110
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-02-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-02-21
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-07-31
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    DAVIDSON, Ian Robert resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-24
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  11. 2019-12-23
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  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As IAN DAVIDSON FABRICATION LTD
  18. 2013-01-16
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    DAVIDSON, Ellen appointed
    secretary
  19. 2013-01-16
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    DAVIDSON, Ellen appointed
    director
  20. 2013-01-16
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    DAVIDSON, Ian Nathaniel appointed
    director
  21. 2013-01-16
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    DAVIDSON, Ian Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DAVIDSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 74 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 13 years.
  • 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
Mr Ian Nathaniel Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Ellen Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Robert Davidsonceased 31/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2013-01-16
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

3 Stewartstown Drive
Belfast Road
Larne
Co. Antrim
BT40 2PL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIDSON, Ellen→
secretary · appointed 2013-01-16
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Active
DAVIDSON, Ellen→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-01-16
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Active
DAVIDSON, Ian Nathaniel→
director · ~71y · appointed 2013-01-16
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Active
DAVIDSON, Ian Robert→
director · ~43y · appointed 2013-01-16 · resigned 2022-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24