FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT (DUNDEE) LTD.

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SC271227 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-27
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
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.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£383
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £383
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,301 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£383
↓ 77% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kMar 2024Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.0k£6.7k£23.4k
Current assets£22.3k£18.7k£39.9k
Net assets£383£1.7k£14.4k

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 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-12-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2024-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT (DUNDEE) LTD.
  18. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Shona Macdonald Kennedy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Shona Macdonald Kennedy appointed
    director
  20. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Steven appointed
    director
  21. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2004-07-27
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2004-07-27
    ➖
    HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Steven Smith
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2004-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

11 Panbride Road
Carnoustie
DD7 6HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Shona Macdonald Kennedy→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Shona Macdonald Kennedy→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Steven→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-07-27 · resigned 2004-07-27
Resigned
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-07-27 · resigned 2004-07-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05