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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Apr 2026
Net worth
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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: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 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

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-04-302025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2016-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-07-18
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    REID, Barbara Ann appointed
    director
  17. 1991-09-20
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    REID, Barbara Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 1991-09-20
    ➖
    WALKER, Ruth resigned
    secretary
  19. 1991-09-20
    ➖
    WALKER, Ruth resigned
    director
  20. 1986-04-04
    🏢
    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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Donald Reid
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/06/2017

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: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-08
Last: 2026-06-24

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 (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
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