R & A FABRICATION & ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC306809 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-15

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£242.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £242,383

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£242k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£249k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£242.4k	£212.4k
Current assets	£249.0k	£286.8k
Net assets	£242.4k	£212.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-19
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-10-19
📄
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-09-01
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-08-16
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-11-01
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-01
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-25
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2007-06-15
➕
TUCHEWICZ, Ronald Edmund appointed
secretary
2007-06-15
➕
TUCHEWICZ, Alan Christopher appointed
director
2007-06-15
➕
TUCHEWICZ, Ronald Edmund appointed
director
2007-06-15
➖
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-06-15
➖
KING, Jane Ann Kuis resigned
director
2007-06-15
➖
KING, John Wilson resigned
director
2007-05-09
➕
KING, John Wilson appointed
director
2007-05-09
➖
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2007-05-08
➕
KING, Jane Ann Kuis appointed
director
2006-08-15
🏢
Company incorporated
As R & A FABRICATION & ENGINEERING LIMITED
2006-08-15
➕
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-08-15
➕
SF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Christopher Tuchewicz Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ronald Edmund Tuchewiczceased 01/05/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · DG postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
EWART ENGINEERING LIMITED→ SC049122 · est 1971	£1.94M £1.51M–£2.37M	£8.54M	—	7900	54y	87	62y
COCHRAN SERVICES LTD→ SC379462 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	83	70y
H & I ENGINEERING LIMITED→ SC053292 · est 1973	—	—	—	2900	52y	83	81y
HODDAM CONTRACTING COMPANY LIMITED→ SC033012 · est 1958	—	—	—	48	68y	83	60y
JAMES GORDON LIMITED→ SC293893 · est 2005	—	—	£7.20M	—	20y	83	76y
A & G KING TIMBER LIMITED→ SC198132 · est 1999	—	—	£7.80M	—	26y	82	84y
JAMES SMITH FENCING LIMITED→ SC486484 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
KERR TIMBER PRODUCTS LIMITED→ SC055579 · est 1974 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	51y	—	—
PTS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC266414 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
RINGFORD MOTOR SERVICES LIMITED→ SC273731 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
ROSTRUM SPORTSWEAR LIMITED→ SC100208 · est 1986 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	39y	—	—
SABLEY LTD→ SC486343 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-08-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 2a Clarebrand Industrial Estate

Clarebrand

Castle Douglas

DG7 2AH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-29

Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

TUCHEWICZ, Ronald Edmund→

secretary · appointed 2007-06-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TUCHEWICZ, Alan Christopher→

director · ~50y · appointed 2007-06-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TUCHEWICZ, Ronald Edmund→

director · ~74y · appointed 2007-06-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SF SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-15 · resigned 2007-06-15

Resigned

KING, Jane Ann Kuis→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-05-08 · resigned 2007-06-15

Resigned

KING, John Wilson→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-05-09 · resigned 2007-06-15

Resigned

SF SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-15 · resigned 2007-05-09

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.