FINESSE CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC207776 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-05

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 15.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 27120

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

28990SIC 28990
33200SIC 33200
74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

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 (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 15.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 15.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

8 active PSC(s) of 12 total, 12 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	21	2100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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2026-03-11
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2026-03-10
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officers · CH01
2025-07-01
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PARKER, Lornette appointed
secretary
2025-07-01
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officers · AP03
2025-07-01
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officers · TM02
2025-06-30
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DUNPHY, Sheila resigned
secretary
2025-03-17
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accounts · AA
2024-09-18
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capital · SH02
2024-09-12
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incorporation · MA
2024-09-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-10
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2024-07-10
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2024-07-09
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2024-07-09
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2024-07-01
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CHRISTIE, Nathan appointed
director
2024-07-01
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MCCLEARY, Kieran appointed
director
2024-07-01
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PARKER, Lornette appointed
director
2024-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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WILL, Alexander resigned
director
2021-07-01
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WILL, Alexander appointed
director
2020-08-02
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Charge satisfied #2
2020-08-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-07-21
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Charge registered #3
Lender: James Fraser Dunphy and Sheila Dunphy, Both of 4 Princes Street, Arbroath, DD11 2BL
2010-06-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2010-06-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2000-06-30
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DUNPHY, James Fraser appointed
director
2000-06-30
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DUNPHY, Sheila appointed
director
2000-06-30
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DUNPHY, Sheila appointed
secretary
2000-06-30
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-30
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-06-05
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Company incorporated
As FINESSE CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED
2000-06-05
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-06-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

8 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Gall Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43	50–75%	—	50-75% shares · trust interest	01/07/2024
Miss Natasha Stephen Individual · British · DOB 10/1993 · age 33	50–75%	—	50-75% shares · trust interest	01/07/2023
Mr James Fraser Dunphy Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64	50–75%	—	sig. influence50-75% shares · significant influence · trust interest	21/07/2020
Mr Alistair Gibb Individual · British · DOB 09/1943 · age 83	50–75%	—	50-75% shares · trust interest	21/07/2020
Mrs Sheila Dunphy Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64	50–75%	—	sig. influence50-75% shares · significant influence · trust interest	21/07/2020
Mr Nathan Christie Individual · British · DOB 04/1993 · age 33	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2024
Mrs Lornette Parker Individual · British · DOB 01/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2024
Mr Kieran Mccleary Individual · British · DOB 05/1994 · age 32	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2022

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Nathan Christieceased 30/06/2023· 50-75% shares · trust interest
Mrs Lornette Parkerceased 30/06/2022· 50-75% shares · trust interest
Mr Fraser James Dunphyceased 21/07/2020· 25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest
Mrs Sheila Dunphyceased 21/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-06-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC27120 — SIC 27120

Registered office

Unit 6 Richard Speirs Road

Kirkton Industrial Estate

Arbroath

Angus

DD11 3LT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-19

Last: 2025-06-05