STORM DESIGN & FABRICATE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC235055 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-07
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 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£20.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (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 22.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 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: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,000
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,684 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£20k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£21k£32k£42k£53kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£20.0k£33.7k
Current assets£27.8k£52.9k
Net assets£20.0k£33.7k

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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-25
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  3. 2023-10-30
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  4. 2022-10-23
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  5. 2022-08-02
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  6. 2022-07-25
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    DONALD, Juliet appointed
    director
  7. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-10-29
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  9. 2019-07-30
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  10. 2018-07-31
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  11. 2017-07-30
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  12. 2016-07-29
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  13. 2015-09-25
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  14. 2015-07-28
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  15. 2014-08-11
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  16. 2014-07-30
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  17. 2005-04-01
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    DONALD, Juliet appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-03-31
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    DONALD, Anthony Gerard resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-03-31
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    GALLAGHER, John resigned
    director
  20. 2004-04-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2002-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As STORM DESIGN & FABRICATE LTD.
  22. 2002-08-07
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    DONALD, Anthony Gerard appointed
    director
  23. 2002-08-07
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    DONALD, Anthony Gerard appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-08-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-08-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-08-07
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    GALLAGHER, John appointed
    director
  27. 2002-08-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-08-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Anthony Gerard Donald
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/08/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

6 Croft Road
The Murray
East Kilbride
G75 0EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DONALD, Juliet→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
DONALD, Anthony Gerard→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-07
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Active
DONALD, Juliet→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONALD, Anthony Gerard→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-07 · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-07 · resigned 2002-08-07
Resigned
GALLAGHER, John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-08-07 · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-07 · resigned 2002-08-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/04/2004—
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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
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officers · AP01
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-30