ARDMEL PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC506010 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-15
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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
75
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees500600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2024-05-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-05-01
    ➕
    TROLLAND, John appointed
    director
  6. 2023-12-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2023-11-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-21
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2023-07-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-07-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-07-01
    ➕
    FERNANDO, Shantha Ruwan appointed
    director
  12. 2023-03-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-06-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2022-05-06
    ➖
    BARR, Robert Douglas resigned
    secretary
  15. 2022-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-08-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-03-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-06-25
    ➕
    FERNANDO, Semage Rupasiri appointed
    director
  22. 2015-06-25
    ➕
    BARR, Robert Douglas appointed
    secretary
  23. 2015-06-25
    ➖
    JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2015-06-25
    ➖
    HOWELL-BOWLEY, Karen Elizabeth resigned
    director
  25. 2015-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARDMEL PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
  26. 2015-05-15
    ➕
    JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2015-05-15
    ➕
    HOWELL-BOWLEY, Karen Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Ardmel Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ardmel Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ARDMEL PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · SC506010

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ardmel Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest12/07/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Semage Rupasiri Fernandoceased 12/07/2023· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2015-05-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

52/53 Nasmyth Road
Southfield Industrial Estate
Glenrothes
Fife
KY6 2SD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

FERNANDO, Semage Rupasiri→
director · ~83y · appointed 2015-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERNANDO, Shantha Ruwan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TROLLAND, John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARR, Robert Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-25 · resigned 2022-05-06
Resigned
JORDAN NOMINEES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2015-05-15 · resigned 2015-06-25
Resigned
HOWELL-BOWLEY, Karen Elizabeth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-05-15 · resigned 2015-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-07-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01