SAMTEC (EUROPE) LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC096674 · ltd · incorporated 1986-01-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 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 26110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (85/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £478,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£478.0k£212.0k
Average employees27002700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-10
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    officers · AP04
  11. 2017-11-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2017-10-27
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    DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2017-10-27
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    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  14. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-09-26
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    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2007-09-26
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    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1996-12-09
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    SHINE, John Beck appointed
    director
  21. 1996-12-09
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    SHINE, Betty resigned
    secretary
  22. 1996-12-09
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-12-09
    ➖
    SHINE, Sam resigned
    director
  24. 1989-08-28
    ➖
    CAPLAN, Anthony Max resigned
    director
  25. 1989-07-24
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    HIPKIN, Trevor resigned
    secretary
  26. 1989-07-24
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    SHINE, Betty appointed
    secretary
  27. 1989-07-24
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    HIPKIN, Trevor resigned
    director
  28. 1986-01-08
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    Company incorporated
    As SAMTEC (EUROPE) 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Beck Shine
Individual · American · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-01-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110

Registered office

11 Mollins Court, Westfield Industrial Estate
Cumbernauld
Glasgow
G68 9HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2017-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHINE, John Beck→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIPKIN, Trevor→
secretary · resigned 1989-07-24
Resigned
SHINE, Betty→
secretary · appointed 1989-07-24 · resigned 1996-12-09
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-09-26 · resigned 2017-10-27
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-09 · resigned 2007-09-26
Resigned
CAPLAN, Anthony Max→
director · ~70y · resigned 1989-08-28
Resigned
HIPKIN, Trevor→
director · resigned 1989-07-24
Resigned
SHINE, Sam→
director · ~93y · resigned 1996-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-04