FIFE WINDOWS & DOORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC255595 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£587.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £587,893
Net assets shrinking
Down £81,228 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£486k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£588k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£879k
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£186k£372k£558k£744k£930kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£587.9k£669.8k
Current assets£879.2k£929.8k
Cash£486.3k£487.2k
Debtors£53.1k£102.8k
Net assets£587.9k£669.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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  3. 2024-01-26
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  4. 2023-01-12
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  5. 2022-07-19
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  6. 2022-06-06
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-06-06
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  8. 2022-06-06
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  9. 2022-06-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-07-13
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-19
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  12. 2019-07-29
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  13. 2018-07-18
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  14. 2017-09-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2017-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-09-05
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    MCLEAN, George Andrew appointed
    director
  17. 2017-09-05
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    NESS, Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2017-09-05
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2003-09-09
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    Company incorporated
    As FIFE WINDOWS & DOORS LIMITED
  20. 2003-09-09
    ➕
    MCLEAN, George Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-09-09
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Brian appointed
    director
  22. 2003-09-09
    ➕
    NESS, Peter appointed
    director
  23. 2003-09-09
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-09
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Ness
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Eastfield Business Park
Newark Road South
Glenrothes
Fife
KY7 4NS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

MCLEAN, George Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-09
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Active
MCLEAN, Brian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-09-09
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Active
MCLEAN, George Andrew→
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-09-05
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Active
NESS, Michael→
director · ~54y · appointed 2017-09-05
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Active
NESS, Peter→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-09-09
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-09 · resigned 2003-09-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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2026-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
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2025-01-31
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2024-08-05
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2024-01-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13