ENVIRONMENTAL AIR CONDITIONING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

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SC156477 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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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 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 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

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees500300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-26
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-03-25
    ➖
    ALEXANDER, Clare resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-09-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-07-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2020-07-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2020-07-01
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Clare appointed
    secretary
  18. 2020-06-30
    ➖
    MCCREADY, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    ALEXANDER, Jim resigned
    secretary
  22. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    MCCREADY, Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-04-16
    ➖
    MCCOURT, Susan resigned
    secretary
  24. 1996-04-10
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Jim appointed
    director
  25. 1996-04-10
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Jim appointed
    secretary
  26. 1996-04-10
    ➖
    MCCREADY, Kathleen resigned
    director
  27. 1995-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ENVIRONMENTAL AIR CONDITIONING (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  28. 1995-03-08
    ➕
    MCCOURT, Susan appointed
    secretary
  29. 1995-03-08
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  30. 1995-03-08
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  31. 1995-03-08
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  32. 1995-03-08
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director
  33. 1995-03-08
    ➕
    MCCREADY, Kathleen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Alexander
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1995-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

Clyde Offices 2nd Floor
48 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 1BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

ALEXANDER, Jim→
director · ~67y · appointed 1996-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALEXANDER, Clare→
secretary · appointed 2020-07-01 · resigned 2025-03-25
Resigned
ALEXANDER, Jim→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-10 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned
MCCOURT, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-08 · resigned 1996-04-16
Resigned
MCCREADY, Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-08 · resigned 1995-03-08
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-03-08 · resigned 1995-03-08
Resigned
MCCREADY, Kathleen→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-03-08 · resigned 1996-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-11