MICRON EAGLE HYDRAULICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC122250 · ltd · incorporated 1990-01-09

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

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 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 36.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 36.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (9 active, 21 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

163 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1700	1600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

• 3 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (62 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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MACLEAN, Malcolm James appointed
director
2026-04-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-08
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-06-09
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BURNETT, Mark George appointed
director
2020-06-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-10-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-10-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-10-01
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Charge satisfied #5
2019-09-25
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mortgage · MR04
2019-09-25
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-09-25
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Charge satisfied #6
2019-09-25
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Charge satisfied #4
2019-09-13
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC (11305395)
2019-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-07-24
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officers · AP01
2019-07-23
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NAGEL, Henry Alexander Hannes appointed
director
2014-12-19
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GRIMMOND, Neil Colin appointed
director
2014-12-19
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HENDERSON, Muriel Karen appointed
director
2014-07-01
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HENDERSON, Muriel Karen appointed
secretary
2014-07-01
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PIKE, Lesley resigned
secretary
2011-10-19
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-01-01
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GIBSON, Ian Eric appointed
director
2008-10-21
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2008-10-11
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Charge satisfied #3
2008-10-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-09-08
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2007-09-01
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PIKE, Lesley appointed
secretary
2007-09-01
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LAURIE & CO resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-04-10
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CAMPBELL, Stewart resigned
director
2005-07-01
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LAURIE & CO appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-06-20
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JAMIESON, Carole resigned
secretary
2005-02-18
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MITCHELL, Angus appointed
director
2004-06-18
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JAMIESON, Carole appointed
secretary
2004-03-19
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REID, Brian resigned
secretary
2004-03-19
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REID, Brian resigned
director
2000-09-07
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NEWBERRY, Simon resigned
director
1999-11-02
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HOLLERAN, Paul Anthony resigned
secretary
1999-11-02
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REID, Brian appointed
secretary
1999-11-02
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REID, Brian appointed
director
1999-09-22
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HOLLERAN, Paul Anthony resigned
director
1999-05-04
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Charge satisfied #2

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 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

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Covebridge Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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MICRON EAGLE HYDRAULICS LIMITED

This company · SC122250

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
Covebridge Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	09/10/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Hans Andreas Nagelceased 09/10/2025· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1990-01-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Blackburn Industrial Estate

Kinellar

Aberdeen

AB21 0RX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-14

Last: 2025-10-31