TEN 47 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC216186 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-27
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 21.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.37M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.7y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
85 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,372,726
Cash YoY
+189%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£937k
↑ 189% YoY
Net Worth
£4.4m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£875k£1.7m£2.6m£3.5m£4.4mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£936.7k£324.1k
Net assets£4.37M£3.82M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-16
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  2. 2024-09-27
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  3. 2023-06-20
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  4. 2023-02-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-02-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  11. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-16
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  13. 2016-09-28
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  14. 2016-03-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-02-15
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    FURY, Douglas resigned
    director
  16. 2016-02-15
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    FURY, Lynda resigned
    director
  17. 2011-03-21
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    RASTELLI GORDON, Cristina Barbara Simona Maria appointed
    director
  18. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    FURY, Lynda appointed
    director
  19. 2011-03-21
    ➕
    RASTELLI GORDON, Cristina Barbara Simona Maria appointed
    director
  20. 2011-03-21
    ➖
    RASTELLI GORDON, Cristina Barbara Simona Maria resigned
    director
  21. 2004-11-26
    ➖
    CAMERON, John resigned
    director
  22. 2004-08-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2001-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As TEN 47 LIMITED
  24. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    GORDON, Keith Forbes appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    GORDON, Keith Forbes appointed
    director
  26. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-02-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    CAMERON, John appointed
    director
  29. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    FURY, Douglas appointed
    director
  30. 2001-02-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2001-02-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Keith Forbes Gordon
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-02-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 2b, Frances Industrial Park
Wemyss Road
Dysart
Fife
KY1 2XZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

GORDON, Keith Forbes→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORDON, Keith Forbes→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RASTELLI GORDON, Cristina Barbara Simona Maria→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-27 · resigned 2001-02-27
Resigned
CAMERON, John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-02-27 · resigned 2004-11-26
Resigned
FURY, Douglas→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-02-27 · resigned 2016-02-15
Resigned
FURY, Lynda→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-03-21 · resigned 2016-02-15
Resigned
RASTELLI GORDON, Cristina Barbara Simona Maria→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-03-21 · resigned 2011-03-21
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-27 · resigned 2001-02-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property05/08/2004—
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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09