EASTERN WESTERN FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC136612 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-13

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

94 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

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 (29 events)Click to expand

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2024-08-28
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2023-07-11
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2022-09-28
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2021-09-16
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2020-11-18
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2019-07-29
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2018-09-27
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2017-09-07
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2016-07-27
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2016-02-15
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2015-07-10
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2015-03-24
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2014-10-01
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2009-10-17
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WATT, William Andrew Brian resigned
director
2005-09-09
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Charge satisfied #1
1996-05-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1994-06-22
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RARITY, Thomas Ian resigned
director
1992-04-01
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RARITY, Thomas Ian appointed
director
1992-03-05
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MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointed
secretary
1992-03-05
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BROWN, Douglas John appointed
director
1992-03-05
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MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointed
director
1992-03-05
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WATT, William Andrew Brian appointed
director
1992-02-13
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Company incorporated
As EASTERN WESTERN FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
1992-02-13
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1992-02-13
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1992-02-13
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1992-02-13
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Douglas John Brown Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63	—	—	board controlboard control	07/04/2016

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

Incorporated1992-02-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

8 Westerton Road

East Mains Industrial Estate

Broxburn

West Lothian

EH52 5BE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-19

Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul→

secretary · appointed 1992-03-05

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Active

BROWN, Douglas John→

director · ~63y · appointed 1992-03-05

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Active

MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul→

director · ~69y · appointed 1992-03-05

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-02-13 · resigned 1992-02-13

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-02-13 · resigned 1992-02-13

Resigned

RARITY, Thomas Ian→

director · ~80y · appointed 1992-04-01 · resigned 1994-06-22

Resigned

WATT, William Andrew Brian→

director · ~83y · appointed 1992-03-05 · resigned 2009-10-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	09/05/1996	09/09/2005