A BUXEY ELECTRICAL & DATA LTD

💤Zombieactive

03365260 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-06

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒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

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2025-01-17
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2024-01-17
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2022-12-16
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2022-02-14
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2021-02-26
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2020-02-19
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2019-01-25
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2018-01-24
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accounts · AA
2017-01-18
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accounts · AA
2016-06-01
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-17
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accounts · AA
2015-05-13
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2015-01-29
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2014-05-16
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1997-05-06
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Company incorporated
As A BUXEY ELECTRICAL & DATA LTD
1997-05-06
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BUXEY, Sandra Robena appointed
secretary
1997-05-06
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BUXEY, Andrew Neill appointed
director
1997-05-06
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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1997-05-06
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1997-05-06
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FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-05-06
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FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUXEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Neill Buxey Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/05/2017

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

Incorporated1997-05-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

49 Pear Tree Lane

Newbury

Berkshire

RG14 2LU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-20

Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BUXEY, Sandra Robena→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-06

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Active

BUXEY, Andrew Neill→

director · ~60y · appointed 1997-05-06

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Active

FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-06 · resigned 1997-05-06

Resigned

FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-06 · resigned 1997-05-06

Resigned

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