SCOTTS ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED

📈Growthactive

NI065926 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-14

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.6y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (8 active, 11 linked, 8 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

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,185,909

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£1.19M	£952.3k
Average employees	69	6300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 capital
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-03-11
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officers · AP01
2026-02-23
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officers · AP01
2026-02-20
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officers · AP01
2026-02-19
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capital · SH02
2026-01-27
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MANNIS, Simon Brian Wilson appointed
director
2026-01-27
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SWEENEY, Damien Peter appointed
director
2026-01-27
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WILLIS, Graham appointed
director
2025-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
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capital · SH06
2023-01-31
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-01-10
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officers · AP01
2023-01-10
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officers · TM01
2023-01-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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NIXON, Janet appointed
director
2022-12-01
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LYNESS, Derek Charles resigned
director
2022-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-02
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officers · AP01
2021-09-02
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officers · AP01
2021-08-02
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MAYNE, Andrew appointed
director
2021-08-02
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MCCAW, Jack William appointed
director
2021-08-02
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LYNESS, Derek Charles appointed
director
2020-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2015-11-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
2015-05-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-10-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Close Invoice Finance Limited
2007-08-29
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NIXON, Janet appointed
secretary
2007-08-29
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NIXON, Gordon William Thomas, Mr. appointed
director
2007-08-29
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-08-29
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2007-08-14
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Company incorporated
As SCOTTS ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
2007-08-14
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C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-08-14
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CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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
Mr. Gordon William Thomas Nixon Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	50–75%	—	sig. influence50-75% shares · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Janet Nixon Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-08-14

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

Unit C2

20 Heron Road

Belfast Harbour Estate

BT3 9LE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14