BOWEN FLUID ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC477966 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.9y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1200 | 2400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-31➕IZATT, Hazel Anne appointeddirector
- 2023-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-01-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-30📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-12-30📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-06-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-03-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2021-05-10📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2021-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2014-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BOWEN FLUID ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 2014-05-20➕BOWEN, Andrew Dunbar appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "BOWEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
Bowen Defence Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bowen Defence Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BOWEN FLUID ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · SC477966
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bowen Defence Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 09/12/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Bowenceased 09/12/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
Unit 3 Forties Gateway
Barham Road
Rosyth
KY11 2WP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-09
Last: 2025-05-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BOWEN, Andrew Dunbar→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2014-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
IZATT, Hazel Anne→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2023-05-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 14/06/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-01-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-06
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-12-30
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-12-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-29