ALEXANDER BROWN PLUMBING FITTINGS SPECIALISTS LTD
💤Zombieactive
SC068875 · ltd · incorporated 1979-07-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£205.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 44.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 44.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £205,882
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,229 YoY
Cash YoY
+88%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£124k
↑ 88% YoY
Net Worth
£206k
↓ 9.7% YoY
Current Assets
£295k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £206.8k | £230.2k |
| Current assets | £295.2k | £341.7k |
| Cash | £124.1k | £65.8k |
| Debtors | £148.8k | £257.0k |
| Net assets | £205.9k | £228.1k |
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
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-08📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-11-18➖BROWN, Elisabeth Weir resignedsecretary
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2004-12-09➖BROWN, Hugh Robertson resigneddirector
- 1997-03-31➖BROWN, Alexander Mcbride resigneddirector
- 1997-03-31➖BROWN, Elisabeth Weir resigneddirector
- 1992-01-14➕BROWN, Cameron Alexander appointeddirector
- 1992-01-14➕BROWN, Hugh Robertson appointeddirector
- 1981-11-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1981-10-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1979-07-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEXANDER BROWN PLUMBING FITTINGS SPECIALISTS LTD
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cameron Alexander Brown Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Elizabeth Weir Brownceased 07/03/2025· 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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-07-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Registered office
1320 Springburn Road
Glasgow
G21 1UT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
BROWN, Cameron Alexander→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1992-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Elisabeth Weir→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2025-11-18
BROWN, Alexander Mcbride→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · resigned 1997-03-31
BROWN, Elisabeth Weir→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 1997-03-31
BROWN, Hugh Robertson→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 1992-01-14 · resigned 2004-12-09
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 16/11/1981 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 27/10/1981 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26