S.N.G. CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED

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SC054574 · ltd · incorporated 1973-11-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒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: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 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
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£0£3k£5k£8k£10k£13kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets—£4.4k
Current assets—£12.7k
Net assets—£4.4k
Average employees300—

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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  2. 2024-11-19
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  3. 2024-11-18
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  4. 2024-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-15
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    GRIFFIN, Keith resigned
    director
  6. 2023-11-15
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    GRIFFIN, Mary Thomson resigned
    director
  7. 2023-11-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-11-15
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  9. 2023-08-31
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  10. 2022-08-23
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  11. 2021-09-02
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  12. 2020-07-15
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  13. 2019-07-04
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  14. 2018-09-01
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  15. 2017-08-30
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  16. 2016-08-02
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  17. 2016-01-07
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  18. 2012-03-15
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    GRIFFIN, Christine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-03-15
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    GRIFFIN, Mary Thomson resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-03-19
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    GRIFFIN, Christopher appointed
    director
  21. 2002-03-19
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    GRIFFIN, Keith appointed
    director
  22. 2002-03-19
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    GRIFFIN, Sidney Napier resigned
    director
  23. 1973-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As S.N.G. CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Griffin
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Keith Griffinceased 15/11/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Mary Thomson Griffinceased 15/11/2023· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1973-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

14 Viewbank Road
Bonnyrigg
Midlothian
EH19 2HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GRIFFIN, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2012-03-15
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Active
GRIFFIN, Christopher→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-03-19
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Active
GRIFFIN, Mary Thomson→
secretary · resigned 2012-03-15
Resigned
GRIFFIN, Keith→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2023-11-15
Resigned
GRIFFIN, Mary Thomson→
director · ~91y · resigned 2023-11-15
Resigned
GRIFFIN, Sidney Napier→
director · ~101y · resigned 2002-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-22