FIFE FABRICATIONS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

SC051054 · ltd · incorporated 1972-07-24

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 11 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (57/100).

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Refinance opportunity

22 live charges · 11 lenders · oldest 53.7y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 53.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 11 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

22 charges (22/22 with lender, 22/22 with type)

Directors & officers

26 officers (8 active, 26 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

204 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,215,769

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Profit before tax	£1.22M	£1.94M
Average employees	9700	10400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (94 events)Click to expand

2025-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2023-02-20
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ALLSOPP, Susan appointed
secretary
2023-02-20
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MANSON, Lisa Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2023-02-20
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-02-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-18
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2023-02-16
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2023-02-15
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2023-02-09
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-07
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-02-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-02
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GARE, Michael Adrian appointed
director
2023-02-02
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TAYLOR, William Mowbray appointed
director
2023-02-02
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WATERSON, Robert Alexander appointed
director
2023-02-02
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Charge registered #29
Lender: Michael Adrian Gare as Security Trustee
2023-02-02
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Charge registered #28
Lender: John Penman as Security Trustee
2022-10-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-30
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MUNRO, Don Campbell resigned
director
2022-09-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-01
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Charge satisfied #20
2022-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-05-01
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MANSON, Lisa Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2021-03-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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KEDDIE, Gary resigned
secretary
2018-04-13
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MUNRO, Don Campbell appointed
director
2018-04-10
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Charge registered #27
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-04-10
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Charge registered #26
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-04-10
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Charge registered #25
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-04-10
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Charge registered #24
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2017-10-06
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MCINTOSH, Craig John William appointed
director
2017-10-06
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MORRIS, Roberto Paolo appointed
director
2017-10-06
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SMITH, Steven appointed
director
2017-10-06
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SMITH, Archibald Orr resigned
director
2017-10-06
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SMITH, Christie June resigned
director
2017-10-06
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2017-09-01
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Charge satisfied #21
2016-09-30
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KEDDIE, Gary appointed
secretary
2016-05-06
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KORONKA, Stanley resigned
secretary
2016-05-06
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KORONKA, Stanley resigned
director
2016-05-06
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SMITH, Christie June appointed
director
2014-04-30
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DENT JNR, Robert Kirke resigned
director
2014-04-30
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UNGER, Charlotte resigned
director
2013-04-16
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UNGER, Charlotte appointed
director
2012-07-20
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UNGER, Thomas George resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 94 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

9 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Fifab Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fifab Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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FIFE FABRICATIONS LIMITED

This company · SC051054

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Fifab Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/10/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Archibald Orr Smithceased 06/10/2017· 50-75% shares

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.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1972-07-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

29 Rutherford Road

Glenrothes

Fife

KY6 2RT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-20

Last: 2026-01-06