LEGGE STEEL (FABRICATIONS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC088016 · ltd · incorporated 1984-05-15
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.
Why now
Window opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 82 → 77
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 41.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • ↓Hygiene score: 82 → 77
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 41.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 41.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees191700

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
2
filings
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-05-05
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    ALLAN, Brian Matthew appointed
    director
  4. 2026-05-05
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    WATT, Andrew Donald resigned
    director
  5. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-06-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  10. 2022-12-30
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  11. 2021-12-17
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  12. 2021-03-24
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  13. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-11-14
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-07-31
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    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-04-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2004-08-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  21. 2004-04-30
    ➕
    DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay appointed
    director
  22. 2004-04-30
    ➖
    BAILLIE, Richard Bruce resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-04-30
    ➕
    DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-04-30
    ➖
    BAILLIE, Richard Bruce resigned
    director
  25. 2004-04-30
    ➖
    LEGGE, George resigned
    director
  26. 2004-04-30
    ➕
    WATT, Andrew Donald appointed
    director
  27. 1984-07-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 1984-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LEGGE STEEL (FABRICATIONS) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Thomas Barclay Dougall
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1984-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

33 Winchester Avenue
Denny
Stirlingshire
FK6 6QD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ALLAN, Brian Matthew→
director · ~49y · appointed 2026-05-05
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Active
DOUGALL, Thomas Barclay→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-04-30
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Active
BAILLIE, Richard Bruce→
secretary · resigned 2004-04-30
Resigned
DI FOLCO, Alberto Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-30 · resigned 2014-07-31
Resigned
BAILLIE, Richard Bruce→
director · ~81y · resigned 2004-04-30
Resigned
LEGGE, George→
director · ~83y · resigned 2004-04-30
Resigned
WATT, Andrew Donald→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-04-30 · resigned 2026-05-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property11/08/2004—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/07/198402/04/2005
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Recent filings (106 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-24