NUFAB ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC371844 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.20M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 71). 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 16.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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 £1,195,381
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,916 YoY
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£634k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£245k£491k£736k£981k£1.2mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.21M£1.26M
Current assets£1.16M£1.12M
Cash£633.6k£523.5k
Debtors£498.9k£530.5k
Net assets£1.20M£1.23M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-09-16
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  4. 2025-09-04
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  5. 2025-09-04
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  6. 2024-10-18
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  7. 2024-03-19
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  8. 2024-03-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  9. 2023-10-31
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  10. 2022-10-27
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  11. 2021-10-22
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  12. 2020-12-08
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  13. 2019-10-10
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  14. 2018-10-10
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  15. 2017-08-10
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  16. 2016-05-12
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  17. 2012-09-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2010-07-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: West of Scotland Loan Fund
  19. 2010-05-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Developing Strathclyde Limited
  20. 2010-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As NUFAB ENGINEERING LIMITED
  21. 2010-01-27
    ➕
    FERGUSON, William appointed
    director
  22. 2010-01-27
    ➕
    TOMKINSON, Alan Frank appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 71 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Ferguson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

14a Rowantree Avenue
Newhouse Industrial Estate
Newhouse
Motherwell
ML1 5SG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FERGUSON, William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-01-27
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Active
TOMKINSON, Alan Frank→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-01-27
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
West of Scotland Loan Fund
Floating charge1 property26/07/201019/03/2024
satisfied
Developing Strathclyde
Developing Strathclyde Limited
Bond & floating charge1 property05/05/201026/09/2012

Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-16
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-09-04
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22