PHOENIX EQUIPMENT LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC616009 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-12
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33170SIC 33170
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.2y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees15001300

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2025-10-20
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    Charge satisfied #3
  3. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-08-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-08-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-08-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-06-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2023-06-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2023-06-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  16. 2023-06-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-05-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2020-05-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  22. 2019-02-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  23. 2019-02-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 2018-12-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PHOENIX EQUIPMENT LTD
  25. 2018-12-12
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Timothy James appointed
    director
  26. 2018-12-12
    ➕
    DIXON, John Richard appointed
    director
  27. 2018-12-12
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Colin Fraser appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Fraser Maclean
Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/12/2018
Mr John Richard Dixon
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/12/2018
Mr Timothy James Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control12/12/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-12-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

1 Brunel Road
West Gourdie Industrial Estate
Dundee
DD2 4TG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COLEMAN, Timothy James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIXON, John Richard→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEAN, Colin Fraser→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-12-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—20/05/202020/10/2025
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—07/02/201916/06/2023
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—07/02/201916/06/2023

Recent filings (34 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-16