MALIN FABRICATION LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC494343 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£318.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £318,693
Cash draining
Cash down 54% YoY
Cash YoY
-54%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£38k
↓ 54% YoY
Net Worth
£319k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£323k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £318.7k | £317.3k |
| Current assets | £322.8k | £335.7k |
| Cash | £37.5k | £81.3k |
| Debtors | £285.3k | £254.4k |
| Net assets | £318.7k | £317.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-04📄second-filing-change-details-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC05
- 2021-12-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-10-05➕MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin appointeddirector
- 2020-09-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-09-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-09-01➖MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin resigneddirector
- 2020-09-01➖TAIT, Graham Peter resigneddirector
- 2020-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-02-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Adam & Company PLC
- 2015-01-06🏢Company incorporatedAs MALIN FABRICATION LTD
- 2015-01-06➕MACSWEEN, John Angus appointeddirector
- 2015-01-06➕THORNLEY, Steven Ralph appointeddirector
- 2015-01-06➕MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin appointeddirector
- 2015-01-06➕TAIT, Graham Peter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Malin Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Malin Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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MALIN FABRICATION LTD
This company · SC494343
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malin Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 30/09/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John Angus Macsweenceased 30/09/2017· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
South Rotunda
100 Govan Road
Glasgow
G51 1AY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
MACSWEEN, John Angus→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2015-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2020-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THORNLEY, Steven Ralph→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-01-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCDOUGALL, Lindsay Colin→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2015-01-06 · resigned 2020-09-01
TAIT, Graham Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2015-01-06 · resigned 2020-09-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Adam & Company Adam & Company PLC | A registered charge | — | 03/02/2016 | 08/03/2017 |
Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
second-filing-change-details-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC05
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-10