BELL ELECTRICAL GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC150935 · ltd · incorporated 1994-05-18
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 26.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£990.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
85 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £990,536
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£847k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£991k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£217k£433k£650k£867k£1.1mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.03M£881.9k
Current assets£1.08M£1.05M
Cash£847.0k£701.4k
Debtors£149.8k£238.9k
Net assets£990.5k£857.3k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2023-10-27
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  4. 2022-10-28
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  5. 2021-10-29
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  6. 2021-03-08
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  7. 2021-03-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2020-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2019-10-31
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  10. 2018-09-14
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  11. 2017-10-30
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  12. 2016-10-25
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  13. 2016-06-14
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  14. 2015-07-30
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  15. 2015-06-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-04-04
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    BELL, Heather Jean resigned
    director
  17. 2003-03-13
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    GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet appointed
    director
  18. 1999-12-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 1999-11-30
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    BELL, Heather Jean appointed
    director
  20. 1994-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BELL ELECTRICAL GROUP LIMITED
  21. 1994-05-18
    ➕
    GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet appointed
    secretary
  22. 1994-05-18
    ➕
    BELL, Graeme Wingate appointed
    director
  23. 1994-05-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1994-05-18
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1994-05-18
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1994-05-18
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

Group structure

Bell Electrical (Scotland) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bell Electrical (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BELL ELECTRICAL GROUP LIMITED
This company · SC150935

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bell Electrical (Scotland) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/03/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Graeme Wingate Bellceased 02/03/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated1994-05-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

15 Mains Street
Lockerbie
Dumfriesshire
DG11 2DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet→
secretary · appointed 1994-05-18
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Active
BELL, Graeme Wingate→
director · ~79y · appointed 1994-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAHAM, Kirsteen Janet→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-05-18 · resigned 1994-05-18
Resigned
BELL, Heather Jean→
director · ~80y · appointed 1999-11-30 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-05-18 · resigned 1994-05-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property15/12/1999—
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Recent filings (85 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-26