STROCKWELD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC069348 · ltd · incorporated 1979-09-18
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 42.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£206.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 42.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.7 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: medium (79/100)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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
99 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
70
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £206,014
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£206k
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Assets
£223k
↓ 7.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £206.0k | £192.5k |
| Current assets | £223.3k | £240.8k |
| Net assets | £206.0k | £192.5k |
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
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-02➕STROCK, Robert John Stephen appointeddirector
- 2021-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1991-01-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1983-08-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1979-09-18🏢Company incorporatedAs STROCKWELD LIMITED
Owner dependency
88/100
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
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "STROCK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — STROCK, Robert John Stephen (same surname) appointed 2021-11-02. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Strock Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1948 · age 78 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 01/02/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robert Strockceased 01/02/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Gordon Ferguson & Co
76 Hamilton Road
Motherwell
ML1 3BY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
STROCK, Robert John Stephen→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2021-11-02
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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 Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 28/01/1991 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/08/1983 | — |
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Recent filings (99 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31