VAUGHAN ELECTRICAL SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC095325 · ltd · incorporated 1985-09-30

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

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

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2024-12-17
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2023-12-22
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2022-12-19
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2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-02-16
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2019-12-26
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address · AD01
2019-12-10
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2018-09-10
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2017-12-14
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2017-01-11
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accounts · AA
2016-01-07
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accounts · AA
2016-01-06
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-07
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2014-12-30
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1995-12-01
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HADDOW, James resigned
director
1995-12-01
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VAUGHAN, Albert John resigned
director
1995-12-01
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VAUGHAN, Bryan Paul resigned
director
1995-12-01
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VAUGHAN, James Mark resigned
director
1995-11-08
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VAUGHAN, Gavin William appointed
secretary
1995-11-08
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PALMER, William Frederick Rodney resigned
secretary
1994-04-01
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WHEELER, Robert Geoffrey resigned
director
1990-11-30
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PALMER, William Frederick Rodney resigned
director
1990-04-01
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WHEELER, Robert Geoffrey appointed
director
1985-09-30
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Company incorporated
As VAUGHAN ELECTRICAL SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

Owner dependency

96/100

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 "VAUGHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Vaughan Engineering Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Vaughan Engineering Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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VAUGHAN ELECTRICAL SERVICES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

This company · SC095325

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
Vaughan Engineering Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1985-09-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Rosyth Business Centre Cromarty Campus

Rosyth

Dunfermline

KY11 2WX

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-24

Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

VAUGHAN, Gavin William→

secretary · appointed 1995-11-08

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Active

VAUGHAN, Gavin William→

director · ~68y

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Active

VAUGHAN, Michael John→

director · ~69y

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Active

PALMER, William Frederick Rodney→

secretary · resigned 1995-11-08

Resigned

HADDOW, James→

director · ~89y · resigned 1995-12-01

Resigned

PALMER, William Frederick Rodney→

director · resigned 1990-11-30

Resigned

VAUGHAN, Albert John→

director · ~97y · resigned 1995-12-01

Resigned

VAUGHAN, Bryan Paul→

director · ~61y · resigned 1995-12-01

Resigned

VAUGHAN, James Mark→

director · ~66y · resigned 1995-12-01

Resigned

WHEELER, Robert Geoffrey→

director · ~75y · appointed 1990-04-01 · resigned 1994-04-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-12-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2022-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-02-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-29

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2019-12-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-12-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2019-12-10