HOWDEN FABRICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC481137 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-30

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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2022-01-14
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2020-12-13
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2019-12-10
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2019-01-08
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STEWART, Scott appointed
director
2019-01-08
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TAYLOR, Linda appointed
director
2014-06-30
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Company incorporated
As HOWDEN FABRICATIONS LIMITED
2014-06-30
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MCLAUGHLAN, Darren William appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Linda Taylor Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/03/2020
Mr Darren Mclauglan Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	07/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-06-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

1a Blairlinn Road

Cumbernauld

Glasgow

G67 2TF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-14

Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

MCLAUGHLAN, Darren William→

director · ~61y · appointed 2014-06-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

STEWART, Scott→

director · ~59y · appointed 2019-01-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TAYLOR, Linda→

director · ~65y · appointed 2019-01-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

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Recent filings (38 total)

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accounts · AA

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-12-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-27

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

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officers · CH01

2024-06-27

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

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change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

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officers · CH01

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change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-06-27

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address · AD01

2024-06-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-04