TAYLOR WELDING & FABRICATION LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC726984 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-21
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33110
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees—-300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-08-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-08-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-08-11
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    TAYLOR, James Thomas resigned
    director
  8. 2022-06-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-06-23
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    TAYLOR, Sharon Lesley resigned
    director
  10. 2022-04-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2022-04-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2022-04-05
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  13. 2022-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As TAYLOR WELDING & FABRICATION LTD
  14. 2022-03-21
    ➕
    TAYLOR, James Alexander appointed
    director
  15. 2022-03-21
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Stephen Johnathan appointed
    director
  16. 2022-03-21
    ➕
    TAYLOR, James Thomas appointed
    director
  17. 2022-03-21
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Sharon Lesley appointed
    director
  18. 2022-03-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

89/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TAYLOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Johnathan Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 12/1993 · age 33
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr James Alexander Taylorceased 11/08/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2022-03-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33110 — SIC 33110

Registered office

33 Newmarket Street
Ayr
KA7 1LL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, James Alexander→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-03-21
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Active
TAYLOR, Stephen Johnathan→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-03-21
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Active
TAYLOR, James Thomas→
director · ~39y · appointed 2022-03-21 · resigned 2023-08-11
Resigned
TAYLOR, Sharon Lesley→
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-03-21 · resigned 2022-06-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-05
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-04-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-21