ARCHITECTURAL FACADES MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC395110 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-09

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£28.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Glazing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 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 £28,765

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£29k

↑ 211% YoY

Current Assets

£40k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£33.0k	£18.5k
Current assets	£40.0k	£35.2k
Net assets	£28.8k	£9.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-20
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accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-12-04
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accounts · AA
2023-03-17
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accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-30
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officers · AP03
2015-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-12-29
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HOPE, Julie Ann appointed
secretary
2015-11-25
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officers · TM01
2015-08-04
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PICKERING, Jim resigned
director
2015-05-05
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annual-return · AR01
2011-03-09
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Company incorporated
As ARCHITECTURAL FACADES MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS LTD
2011-03-09
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FORBES, Garry appointed
director
2011-03-09
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PICKERING, Jim appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Gary James Forbes Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2011-03-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

85 Hood Street

Clydebank

Dunbartonshire

G81 2LU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-23

Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HOPE, Julie Ann→

secretary · appointed 2015-12-29

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Active

FORBES, Garry→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-03-09

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Active

PICKERING, Jim→

director · ~73y · appointed 2011-03-09 · resigned 2015-08-04

Resigned

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