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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 30.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive 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 30.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.0 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
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-10-17➖WATT, William Andrew Brian resigneddirector
- 2005-09-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1996-05-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1994-06-22➖RARITY, Thomas Ian resigneddirector
- 1992-04-01➕RARITY, Thomas Ian appointeddirector
- 1992-03-05➕MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointedsecretary
- 1992-03-05➕BROWN, Douglas John appointeddirector
- 1992-03-05➕MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul appointeddirector
- 1992-03-05➕WATT, William Andrew Brian appointeddirector
- 1992-02-13🏢Company incorporatedAs EASTERN WESTERN FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
- 1992-02-13➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1992-02-13➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1992-02-13➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1992-02-13➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 candidateStrong 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
cleanNo 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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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→
Activesecretary · appointed 1992-03-05
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BROWN, Douglas John→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 1992-03-05
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MOHAMMED, Nasser Abdul→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1992-03-05
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REID, Brian→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1992-02-13 · resigned 1992-02-13
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-02-13 · resigned 1992-02-13
RARITY, Thomas Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 1992-04-01 · resigned 1994-06-22
WATT, William Andrew Brian→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 1992-03-05 · resigned 2009-10-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
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 |
Recent filings (94 total)
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2026-02-05
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2025-09-04
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2025-02-05
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2024-08-28
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2024-02-14
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2023-07-11
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2023-02-13
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2022-09-28
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2022-02-14
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2021-09-16
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2021-02-19
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2020-11-18
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2020-02-19
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