TRYAL ELECTRONICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC098220 · ltd · incorporated 1986-04-04

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	200	200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-10-15
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accounts · AA
2024-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-11-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-07-30
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annual-return · AR01
2003-07-18
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REID, Barbara Ann appointed
director
1991-09-20
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REID, Barbara Ann appointed
secretary
1991-09-20
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WALKER, Ruth resigned
secretary
1991-09-20
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WALKER, Ruth resigned
director
1986-04-04
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Company incorporated
As TRYAL ELECTRONICS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven Donald Reid Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	24/06/2017

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

Incorporated1986-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

11 Grahamston Cottages

Arbirlot

Arbroath

Angus

DD11 2PA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-08

Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

REID, Barbara Ann→

secretary · appointed 1991-09-20

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Active

REID, Barbara Ann→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-07-18

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Active

REID, Steven Donald→

director · ~69y

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Active

WALKER, Ruth→

secretary · resigned 1991-09-20

Resigned

WALKER, Ruth→

director · ~61y · resigned 1991-09-20

Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

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2025-10-15

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-09-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-08-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-12-23

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-06-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2019-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-07-02