ELECTRONIC DRIVES & CONTROLS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC174403 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-14
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 27.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 27.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 27.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
93 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-07📄mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2024-05-07📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-07🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-04-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-04-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-05➕BROWN, Nicholas Mark S appointeddirector
- 2024-04-05➕HOOD, Simon Leonard appointeddirector
- 2024-04-05➖SUTTON, Shaun William resigneddirector
- 2023-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-01➖SUTTON, Timothy John resigneddirector
- 2013-07-01➖SUTTON, John Michael Gordon resigneddirector
- 2013-07-01➕SUTTON, Shaun William appointeddirector
- 2013-07-01➕SUTTON, Timothy John appointeddirector
- 2012-03-28➖MURRAY, Linda resigneddirector
- 2012-03-28➕SUTTON, John Michael Gordon appointeddirector
- 2011-08-07➖MURRAY, Allan resigneddirector
- 2011-03-25➕MURRAY, Linda appointeddirector
- 2009-10-09➖MURRAY, Linda resignedsecretary
- 1998-06-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1997-04-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ELECTRONIC DRIVES & CONTROLS LIMITED
- 1997-04-14➕MURRAY, Linda appointedsecretary
- 1997-04-14➕REID, Brian appointednominee-secretary
- 1997-04-14➖REID, Brian resignednominee-secretary
- 1997-04-14➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1997-04-14➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
- 1997-04-14➕MURRAY, Allan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Edc Integrated Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Edc Integrated Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ELECTRONIC DRIVES & CONTROLS LIMITED
This company · SC174403
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Edc Integrated Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Shaun William Suttonceased 26/03/2024· significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
45 Kilpatrick Drive
Riverfront
Erskine
PA8 7AF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-28
Last: 2025-04-14
Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)
BROWN, Nicholas Mark S→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2024-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOOD, Simon Leonard→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2024-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MURRAY, Linda→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-04-14 · resigned 2009-10-09
REID, Brian→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-14 · resigned 1997-04-14
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-04-14 · resigned 1997-04-14
MURRAY, Allan→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 1997-04-14 · resigned 2011-08-07
MURRAY, Linda→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-03-25 · resigned 2012-03-28
SUTTON, John Michael Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2012-03-28 · resigned 2013-07-01
SUTTON, Shaun William→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2024-04-05
SUTTON, Timothy John→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2017-04-01
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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 Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 19/06/1998 | 07/05/2024 |
Recent filings (93 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2024-05-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17