PHILIP FREEMAN MOBILE WELDERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC166856 · ltd · incorporated 1996-07-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£456.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £456,196

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£167k
Net Worth
£456k
Current Assets
£501k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£456.2k
Current assets£501.3k
Cash£167.0k
Debtors£324.3k
Net assets£456.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-22
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  2. 2024-10-14
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  3. 2024-06-25
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  4. 2024-05-24
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  5. 2023-10-31
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  6. 2023-06-29
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  7. 2022-10-20
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  8. 2022-06-29
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  9. 2021-10-07
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  10. 2021-06-29
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  11. 2020-09-30
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  12. 2020-08-04
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  13. 2019-07-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-06-28
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  15. 2018-10-26
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  16. 2018-06-29
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  17. 2007-03-20
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    NEWALL, Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 1996-07-16
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    FREEMAN, Denise appointed
    secretary
  19. 1996-07-16
    ➕
    FREEMAN, Denise appointed
    director
  20. 1996-07-16
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    FREEMAN, Philip appointed
    director
  21. 1996-07-16
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    NEWALL, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 1996-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As PHILIP FREEMAN MOBILE WELDERS LIMITED
  23. 1996-07-05
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-07-05
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1996-07-05
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1996-07-05
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "FREEMAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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

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 Philip Freeman
Individual · British · DOB 10/1941 · age 85
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/07/2016

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
Incorporated1996-07-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

1 Campbell Lane
Hamilton
ML3 6DB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

FREEMAN, Denise→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-16
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Active
FREEMAN, Denise→
director · ~57y · appointed 1996-07-16
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Active
FREEMAN, Philip→
director · ~85y · appointed 1996-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-07-05 · resigned 1996-07-05
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-07-05 · resigned 1996-07-05
Resigned
NEWALL, Andrew→
director · ~66y · appointed 1996-07-16 · resigned 2007-03-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

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2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-24
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29