FKF ENGINEERING LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC345585 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-10

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

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£334.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

47 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £334,583

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£336k

↑ 2.5% YoY

Net Worth

£335k

↑ 2.4% YoY

Current Assets

£347k

↑ 4.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£339.6k	£330.1k
Current assets	£346.9k	£333.5k
Cash	£336.4k	£328.1k
Debtors	£10.4k	£5.4k
Net assets	£334.6k	£326.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-28
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-09
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officers · AP01
2015-09-25
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FOWLIE, Fiona Sinclair appointed
director
2015-07-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2008-07-10
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Company incorporated
As FKF ENGINEERING LTD.
2008-07-10
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FOWLIE, Fiona Sinclair appointed
secretary
2008-07-10
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FOWLIE, Kenneth appointed
director
2008-07-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-07-10
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-07-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-director
2008-07-10
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STEPHEN MABBOTT 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 18 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

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 61. 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Fowlie Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-07-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

Rozelay 19 Newton Road

St Fergus

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire

AB42 3DD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-12

Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FOWLIE, Fiona Sinclair→

secretary · appointed 2008-07-10

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Active

FOWLIE, Fiona Sinclair→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-09-25

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Active

FOWLIE, Kenneth→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-07-10

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-10 · resigned 2008-07-10

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-07-10 · resigned 2008-07-10

Resigned

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