FISHERS COOPERAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC190672 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£479.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 16240
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). 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 · 2 lenders · oldest 24.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.2 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: 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
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £479,829
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£388k
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£480k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£610k
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£122k£244k£366k£488k£610kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£479.8k£419.6k
Current assets£609.7k£558.7k
Cash£387.6k£293.5k
Debtors£178.4k£221.5k
Net assets£479.8k£419.6k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-09-19
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  4. 2022-10-14
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    GRANT, Susan appointed
    director
  5. 2022-10-14
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  6. 2022-09-14
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  7. 2021-09-03
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  8. 2020-08-05
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  9. 2019-09-06
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  10. 2018-09-15
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  11. 2018-05-30
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  12. 2017-09-06
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  13. 2016-10-27
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  14. 2015-11-13
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  15. 2015-11-13
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  16. 2015-11-13
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  17. 2015-10-08
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    MCGHEE, Graham Hendry appointed
    director
  18. 2015-10-08
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    MCGHEE, Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2008-12-17
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    DAVIDSON, Thomas resigned
    director
  20. 2005-03-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
  21. 2002-02-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1999-12-21
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    CRAIG, Christopher Alexander resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-12-21
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    STUART, John resigned
    director
  24. 1999-12-20
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    MCGHEE, George Finlay appointed
    secretary
  25. 1999-12-20
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    MCGHEE, George Finlay appointed
    director
  26. 1999-12-20
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Thomas appointed
    director
  27. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    CRAIG, Christopher Alexander appointed
    secretary
  28. 1999-06-30
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    STUART, John appointed
    director
  30. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1999-06-30
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1998-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As FISHERS COOPERAGE LIMITED
  33. 1998-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1998-10-29
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1998-10-29
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Finlay Mcghee
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Mary Mcghee
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1998-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16240 — SIC 16240

Registered office

Davidson Sharp & Co 2e Napier Place
Wardpark
Cumbernauld
G68 0LL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)

MCGHEE, George Finlay→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-20
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Active
GRANT, Susan→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-10-14
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Active
MCGHEE, George Finlay→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-12-20
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Active
MCGHEE, Graham Hendry→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-10-08
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Active
MCGHEE, Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-10-08
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Active
CRAIG, Christopher Alexander→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-12-21
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-29 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
DAVIDSON, Thomas→
director · ~83y · appointed 1999-12-20 · resigned 2008-12-17
Resigned
STUART, John→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-12-21
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-29 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-29 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
Floating charge1 property14/03/2005—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property04/02/2002—
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Recent filings (80 total)

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2025-10-31
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2025-09-17
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2024-10-30
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2024-09-10
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2023-11-01
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2023-09-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-05
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officers · AP01
2022-10-14
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2022-09-14
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2021-11-10
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2021-09-03
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2020-11-03
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2020-08-05
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2019-11-09
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accounts · AA
2019-09-06