SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI EUROPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC087947 · ltd · incorporated 1984-05-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 33.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.8y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
22 officers (4 active, 22 linked, 20 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
192 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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  2. 2025-05-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  3. 2024-10-02
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  4. 2024-05-29
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  5. 2023-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
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  6. 2023-02-17
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  7. 2023-02-17
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2023-02-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-17
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    ONISHI, Satoshi resigned
    director
  14. 2019-06-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-09-14
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  16. 2018-04-03
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  17. 2018-04-01
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    TAMURA, Akihiko appointed
    director
  18. 2017-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2012-06-20
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    HIROSE, Fumisato resigned
    director
  20. 2012-04-01
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    WALLACE, John Scott appointed
    director
  21. 2010-07-31
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    BURNESS PAULL LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-07-31
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    PIA, Paul Dominic resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-05-31
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    PLLU, Adrian Sawers resigned
    director
  24. 2005-05-01
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    ENOKI, Shigeo resigned
    director
  25. 2005-05-01
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    ONISHI, Satoshi appointed
    director
  26. 2003-06-06
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    IWASHITA, Isao resigned
    director
  27. 2002-02-01
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    ENOKI, Shigeo appointed
    director
  28. 2002-01-31
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    MIKI, Katsuhiko resigned
    director
  29. 2001-07-01
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    DEMIZU, Kiyoshi resigned
    director
  30. 2001-02-01
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    AKADO, Seiichiro resigned
    director
  31. 2000-07-01
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    ITO, Tatsuo appointed
    director
  32. 2000-07-01
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    OKADA, Osamu resigned
    director
  33. 2000-04-01
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    AKADO, Seiichiro appointed
    director
  34. 2000-04-01
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    MIKI, Katsuhiko appointed
    director
  35. 2000-01-31
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    AKIYAMA, Kenji, Dr resigned
    director
  36. 1999-06-25
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    ARAI, Hiroshi resigned
    director
  37. 1999-06-25
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    DEMIZU, Kiyoshi appointed
    director
  38. 1999-01-01
    ➕
    PLLU, Adrian Sawers appointed
    director
  39. 1998-12-31
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    DE VRIES, Henri Maurice resigned
    director
  40. 1998-12-01
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    AKIYAMA, Kenji, Dr appointed
    director
  41. 1998-11-30
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    SHIRAI, Shozo resigned
    director
  42. 1998-09-01
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    IWASHITA, Isao appointed
    director
  43. 1998-06-29
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    KUBO, Katsunori resigned
    director
  44. 1997-12-01
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    HIROSE, Fumisato appointed
    director
  45. 1996-07-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  46. 1996-03-26
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    Charge satisfied #2
  47. 1995-08-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Livingston Development Corporation
  48. 1995-06-01
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    IWASHITA, Isao resigned
    director
  49. 1994-07-01
    ➕
    ARAI, Hiroshi appointed
    director
  50. 1994-07-01
    ➖
    NOMURA, Koichi resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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.)

Group structure

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI EUROPE LIMITED
This company · SC087947

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110

Registered office

Shin-Etsu Handotai Europe Ltd Wilson Road, Toll Roundabout
Eliburn
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 7DA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (4 active · 18 resigned)

BURNESS PAULL LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ITO, Tatsuo→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-07-01
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Active
TAMURA, Akihiko→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-04-01
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Active
WALLACE, John Scott→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-04-01
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Active
PIA, Paul Dominic→
secretary · resigned 2010-07-31
Resigned
AKADO, Seiichiro→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2001-02-01
Resigned
AKIYAMA, Kenji, Dr→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 2000-01-31
Resigned
ARAI, Hiroshi→
director · ~88y · appointed 1994-07-01 · resigned 1999-06-25
Resigned
DE VRIES, Henri Maurice→
director · ~93y · resigned 1998-12-31
Resigned
DEMIZU, Kiyoshi→
director · ~87y · appointed 1999-06-25 · resigned 2001-07-01
Resigned
ENOKI, Shigeo→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2005-05-01
Resigned
HANYO, Akira→
director · ~91y · resigned 1993-06-21
Resigned
HIROSE, Fumisato→
director · ~79y · appointed 1997-12-01 · resigned 2012-06-20
Resigned
IWASHITA, Isao→
director · ~89y · appointed 1998-09-01 · resigned 2003-06-06
Resigned
IWASHITA, Isao→
director · ~89y · resigned 1995-06-01
Resigned
KUBO, Katsunori→
director · ~89y · appointed 1993-11-01 · resigned 1998-06-29
Resigned
MIKI, Katsuhiko→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-04-01 · resigned 2002-01-31
Resigned
NOMURA, Koichi→
director · ~88y · resigned 1994-07-01
Resigned
OKADA, Osamu→
director · ~89y · resigned 2000-07-01
Resigned
ONISHI, Satoshi→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-05-01 · resigned 2019-06-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Livingston Development Corporation
Standard security1 property02/08/199526/03/1996
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property06/08/199230/07/1996

Recent filings (192 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2023-02-17
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-02-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21