FIRE EXPERT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC201634 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
17 officers (2 active, 17 linked, 10 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
109 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.

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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2022-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-13
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2019-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-12-14
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-07-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-11-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Ailsa Anne Will appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-11-30
    ➖
    WOODS, Alan Graham resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-11-30
    ➖
    LOGIE, John Hunter resigned
    director
  19. 2008-07-01
    ➖
    FOX, Stephen Lamb resigned
    director
  20. 2007-08-01
    ➕
    FOX, Stephen Lamb appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-01
    ➖
    BEARD, Graham resigned
    director
  22. 2004-04-22
    ➕
    LOGIE, John Hunter appointed
    director
  23. 2004-03-10
    ➕
    BEARD, Graham appointed
    director
  24. 2003-12-22
    ➕
    BROWN, Alastair Roxburgh appointed
    director
  25. 2003-12-22
    ➖
    CUBITT, Mark resigned
    secretary
  26. 2003-12-22
    ➕
    WOODS, Alan Graham appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-12-22
    ➖
    CUBITT, Mark resigned
    director
  28. 2003-12-22
    ➖
    MASTERTON, Gordon Grier Thomson resigned
    director
  29. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    CUBITT, Mark appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    MCGREGOR, Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  31. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    BROWN, Alastair Roxburgh resigned
    director
  32. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    CUBITT, Mark appointed
    director
  33. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    LOGIE, John Hunter resigned
    director
  34. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    LYGATE, James Fleming, Dr resigned
    director
  35. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    MASTERTON, Gordon Grier Thomson appointed
    director
  36. 2000-09-14
    ➖
    BROOKER, Stephen Edward resigned
    director
  37. 2000-08-01
    ➖
    BROOKER, Gillian Anne resigned
    secretary
  38. 2000-08-01
    ➕
    MCGREGOR, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  39. 1999-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FIRE EXPERT LIMITED
  40. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    BROOKER, Gillian Anne appointed
    secretary
  41. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1999-11-17
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  43. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    BROOKER, Stephen Edward appointed
    director
  44. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    BROWN, Alastair Roxburgh appointed
    director
  45. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    LOGIE, John Hunter appointed
    director
  46. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    LYGATE, James Fleming, Dr appointed
    director
  47. 1999-11-17
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  48. 1999-11-17
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Alastair Roxburgh Brown
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

216 West George Street
Glasgow
Strathclyde
G2 2PQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (2 active · 15 resigned)

BROWN, Ailsa Anne Will→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Alastair Roxburgh→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKER, Gillian Anne→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 2000-08-01
Resigned
CUBITT, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2003-12-22
Resigned
MCGREGOR, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
WOODS, Alan Graham→
secretary · appointed 2003-12-22 · resigned 2008-11-30
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 1999-11-17
Resigned
BEARD, Graham→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-03-10 · resigned 2006-08-01
Resigned
BROOKER, Stephen Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 2000-09-14
Resigned
BROWN, Alastair Roxburgh→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
CUBITT, Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2003-12-22
Resigned
FOX, Stephen Lamb→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-08-01 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
LOGIE, John Hunter→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-04-22 · resigned 2008-11-30
Resigned
LOGIE, John Hunter→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
LYGATE, James Fleming, Dr→
director · ~68y · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
MASTERTON, Gordon Grier Thomson→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2003-12-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-17 · resigned 1999-11-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-22