ALAN YOUNG ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC138732 · ltd · incorporated 1992-06-10

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 29.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£307.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 29.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £307,417

Net assets shrinking

Down £67,622 YoY

Cash YoY

+17%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£177k

↑ 17% YoY

Net Worth

£307k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£291k

↓ 3.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£364.6k	£438.2k
Current assets	£291.2k	£302.9k
Cash	£176.5k	£150.5k
Debtors	£112.2k	£149.9k
Net assets	£307.4k	£375.0k

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

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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 (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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2021-11-18
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2020-12-24
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2020-06-16
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2020-06-12
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2020-06-12
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2020-03-16
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-13
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2020-03-09
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CAMERON, William George appointed
director
2020-03-09
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DRISKE, Martin Paul appointed
director
2020-03-09
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FINDLATER, Daniel James appointed
director
2020-03-09
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YOUNG, Pamela resigned
secretary
2020-03-09
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YOUNG, Alan resigned
director
2020-03-09
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YOUNG, Pamela resigned
director
1997-06-12
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YOUNG, Pamela appointed
director
1997-02-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Dumfries and Galloway Enterprise Company Limited
1992-06-10
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Company incorporated
As ALAN YOUNG ENGINEERING LIMITED
1992-06-10
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YOUNG, Pamela appointed
secretary
1992-06-10
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YOUNG, Alan 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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Alan Young Engineering Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alan Young Engineering Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALAN YOUNG ENGINEERING LIMITED

This company · SC138732

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alan Young Engineering Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	09/03/2020
Mr William George Cameron Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	09/03/2020
Mr Daniel James Findlater Individual · British · DOB 08/1990 · age 36	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	09/03/2020
Mr Martin Paul Driske Individual · British · DOB 01/1987 · age 39	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	09/03/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Alan Youngceased 09/03/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
Mrs Pamela Youngceased 09/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1992-06-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Farries, Kirk & Mcvean Tinwald Downs Road

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3SJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-24

Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CAMERON, William George→

director · ~63y · appointed 2020-03-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DRISKE, Martin Paul→

director · ~39y · appointed 2020-03-09

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Active

FINDLATER, Daniel James→

director · ~36y · appointed 2020-03-09

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Active

YOUNG, Pamela→

secretary · appointed 1992-06-10 · resigned 2020-03-09

Resigned

YOUNG, Alan→

director · ~72y · appointed 1992-06-10 · resigned 2020-03-09

Resigned

YOUNG, Pamela→

director · ~70y · appointed 1997-06-12 · resigned 2020-03-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Dumfries and Galloway Enterprise Company Dumfries and Galloway Enterprise Company Limited	Standard security	1 property	05/02/1997	—

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