A 12 ELECTRICAL & TECHNICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04934457 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-16
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 Nov 2024
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
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). 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, 2 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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 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
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£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees300600

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2016-01-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2015-12-31
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    DI LORENZO, Nicola appointed
    director
  14. 2015-12-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-08-17
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2015-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-31
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    HEEL, Tristan Matthew resigned
    director
  18. 2012-05-30
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    DILORENZO, Alexander Francis appointed
    director
  19. 2012-05-30
    ➖
    DILORENZO, Alison Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-05-30
    ➖
    DILORENZO, Alison Kathleen resigned
    director
  21. 2008-07-01
    ➕
    HEEL, Tristan Matthew appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-19
    ➖
    SMITH, Lesly Maud resigned
    director
  23. 2004-01-19
    ➖
    SMITH, Richard Roy resigned
    director
  24. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    DI LORENZO, Francis appointed
    director
  25. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    DI LORENZO, Frank appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-10-21
    ➖
    DI LORENZO, Frank resigned
    secretary
  27. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    DILORENZO, Alison Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  28. 2003-10-21
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-10-21
    ➕
    DILORENZO, Alison Kathleen appointed
    director
  30. 2003-10-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Lesly Maud appointed
    director
  31. 2003-10-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Richard Roy appointed
    director
  32. 2003-10-18
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2003-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As A 12 ELECTRICAL & TECHNICAL LIMITED
  34. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2003-10-16
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Francis Di Lorenzo
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
75–100%
—75-100% shares02/11/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

13 Bowers Court Drive
Bowers Gifford
Basildon
Essex
SS13 2HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

DI LORENZO, Francis→
director · ~77y · appointed 2003-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DI LORENZO, Nicola→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DILORENZO, Alexander Francis→
director · ~45y · appointed 2012-05-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DI LORENZO, Frank→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2003-10-21
Resigned
DILORENZO, Alison Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2012-05-30
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2003-10-21
Resigned
DILORENZO, Alison Kathleen→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-10-21 · resigned 2012-05-30
Resigned
HEEL, Tristan Matthew→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
SMITH, Lesly Maud→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-10-18 · resigned 2004-01-19
Resigned
SMITH, Richard Roy→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-10-18 · resigned 2004-01-19
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-16 · resigned 2003-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-08