ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED

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04871836 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02100SIC 02100
  • 33200SIC 33200
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, 3 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100-100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2019-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-08-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-08-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED
  17. 2003-08-19
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    LYONS, David Edward appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-19
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    LYONS, Simon David appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-19
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    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-08-19
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    1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2003-08-19
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    REPORTACTION LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2003-08-19
    ➖
    REPORTACTION LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon David Lyons
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares19/08/2016

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
Incorporated2003-08-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

141 Star & Garter Road
Lightwood Stoke On Tent
Staffordshire
ST3 7HN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LYONS, David Edward→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LYONS, Simon David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
1ST CERT FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-08-19 · resigned 2003-08-19
Resigned
REPORTACTION LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-08-19 · resigned 2003-08-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-01