EML ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 3.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
- 35300SIC 35300
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.4y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £61.7k | — |
| Average employees | 14 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-11-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-03-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
- 2022-03-16🏢Company incorporatedAs EML ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED
- 2022-03-16➕BREAR, Mark appointedsecretary
- 2022-03-16➕BREAR, Esther appointeddirector
- 2022-03-16➕BREAR, Mark appointeddirector
- 2022-03-16📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2026-02-26: certificate-change-of-name-company
Group structure
Eml Enterprise Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eml Enterprise Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/07/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Esther Brearceased 25/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Mark Brearceased 25/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 4 properties | 24/03/2023 | — |