STEVEN MONKS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LTD

🌳Matureactive

06694085 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	5	500

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

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Company incorporated
As STEVEN MONKS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LTD
2008-09-10
➕
MONKS, Steven Douglas appointed
secretary
2008-09-10
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MONKS, Sandra Margaret appointed
director
2008-09-10
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MONKS, Steven Douglas appointed
director
2008-09-10
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-09-10
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-09-10
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-09-10
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CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MONKS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sandra Margaret Monks Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Steven Douglas Monks Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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DOBBIE & MICHIE LIMITED→ SC243747 · est 2003	—	—	£161.7k	—	23y	82	58y
FAIRVIEW BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED→ 00808186 · est 1964	—	—	—	2	61y	82	65y
FJORDHUS CONSTRUCTION LIMITED→ SC298266 · est 2006	—	—	—	700	20y	82	80y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-09-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

17 Walkergate

Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Northumberland

TD15 1DJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-24

Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MONKS, Steven Douglas→

secretary · appointed 2008-09-10

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Active

MONKS, Sandra Margaret→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-09-10

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Active

MONKS, Steven Douglas→

director · ~53y · appointed 2008-09-10

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Active

CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-10 · resigned 2008-09-10

Resigned

CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-09-10 · resigned 2008-09-10

Resigned

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