METALTECH UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC334096 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-19
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 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£345.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
63 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £345,431
Cash YoY
+177%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£63k
↑ 177% YoY
Net Worth
£345k
↑ 8701% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£354k£707k£1.1m£1.4m£1.8mDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£613.2k£349.8k
Current assets£1.77M£1.77M
Cash£63.1k£22.8k
Debtors£1.54M£1.60M
Net assets£345.4k£3.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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  2. 2026-01-16
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  3. 2026-01-16
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  5. 2026-01-16
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  6. 2025-09-18
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  7. 2024-09-30
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  8. 2023-09-20
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  9. 2022-06-22
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  10. 2021-09-30
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  11. 2020-12-17
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  12. 2020-05-15
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  13. 2019-09-30
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  14. 2018-07-19
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  15. 2017-09-13
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  16. 2017-04-11
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    address · AD01
  17. 2015-09-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2015-04-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2013-08-16
    ➕
    BAGGOLEY MILNE, Karen appointed
    director
  20. 2013-05-22
    ➖
    MILNE, Callum resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-05-22
    ➖
    MILNE, Callum resigned
    director
  22. 2008-01-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2007-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As METALTECH UK LIMITED
  24. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    MILNE, Walter appointed
    director
  25. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    MILNE, Callum appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-11-19
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    MILNE, Callum appointed
    director
  29. 2007-11-19
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  30. 2007-11-19
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Walter Milne
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/11/2016

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
Incorporated2007-11-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit 2 Fowler Road
West Pitkerro Industrial Estate
Dundee
DD5 3RU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BAGGOLEY MILNE, Karen→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILNE, Walter→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-11-19
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Active
MILNE, Callum→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2013-05-22
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2007-11-19
Resigned
MILNE, Callum→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2013-05-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-11-19 · resigned 2007-11-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—15/04/2015—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property22/01/200803/09/2015
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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30