ELECTRO (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05931191 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£856.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47520Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £856,397
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£309k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Net Worth
£856k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£955k
↑ 2.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£191k£382k£573k£764k£955kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£863.0k£859.5k
Current assets£955.3k£928.4k
Cash£308.8k£291.3k
Debtors£284.7k£279.2k
Net assets£856.4k£846.5k

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

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3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-06
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  3. 2024-09-20
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  4. 2024-09-20
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  5. 2024-06-07
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  6. 2024-04-30
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    CLAPP, Alexander resigned
    director
  7. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2022-01-21
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  9. 2021-03-17
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  10. 2020-12-21
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  11. 2020-06-09
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  12. 2019-03-04
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  13. 2018-02-19
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  14. 2017-03-08
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  15. 2016-04-28
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  16. 2016-04-28
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-04-08
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    CLAPP, Alexander appointed
    director
  18. 2006-09-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2006-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ELECTRO (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED
  20. 2006-09-11
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    CLAPP, Tracey Florence appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-09-11
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    CLAPP, Martyn Geoffrey appointed
    director
  22. 2006-09-11
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    CLAPP, Tracey Florence appointed
    director
  23. 2006-09-11
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-09-11
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-09-11
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-09-11
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tracey Florence Clapp
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Martyn Geoffrey Clapp
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexander Clappceased 30/04/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2006-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods

Registered office

Unit V
Wylds Road
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 4BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CLAPP, Tracey Florence→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-11
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Active
CLAPP, Martyn Geoffrey→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-09-11
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Active
CLAPP, Tracey Florence→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-11 · resigned 2006-09-11
Resigned
CLAPP, Alexander→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-04-08 · resigned 2024-04-30
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-11 · resigned 2006-09-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property27/09/2006—
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Recent filings (62 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15