YB FIXINGS LTD
Company number SC075801 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
YB Fixings Ltd possesses valuable strategic assets including a 43-year market heritage, £15.7M revenue scale, and international group connectivity, but faces an acute financial deterioration that demands immediate intervention. The 91.5% cash decline and 52% net asset erosion over three years signal a business at risk of operational distress unless working capital management is urgently strengthened and the revenue decline is arrested. The 2022 rebrand provides a platform for strategic renewal, but execution must prioritise liquidity stabilisation and margin recovery before growth-oriented investments can be responsibly pursued.
Shareholders' funds
£3,964,676
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of the supply of pneumatic fastening systems, providing a wide range of fixings, fasteners, and high-quality tooling for various applications
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-08-11
- Employees
- 36 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Clyde Offices 2nd Floor, 48 West George Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 1BP
- Postcode
- G2 1BP
- Capital
- 42,500 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-28
- Next due by
- 2026-12-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46690 Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
- 46760 Wholesale of other intermediate products
Officers 6 current · 15 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ESI PROCESS U.K. LIMITED — since 2017-07-14
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6812894 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| YOUNG BLACK INDUSTRIAL STAPLING LIMITED | 2022-03-31 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 400 GREAT WESTERN ROAD, GLASGOW, G4 9HZ | 2019-04-05 |
| 1 ROYAL TERRACE, GLASGOW, G3 7NT | 1991-07-12 |
| 136 WEST GEORGE ST, GLASGOW | 1989-02-09 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 31 similar companies in G
3rd largest employer among its local peers (36 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1981.
No.3 of the largest wholesale of other machinery and equipment companies in Glasgow →
Competitors Glasgow
This company ranks 3 among wholesale of other machinery and equipment in Glasgow.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,492 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2008-04-09
- Where
- Swindon
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT270145 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2008-04-09 | — |
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