EGLINTON SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC177359 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-18

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

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

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£3.19M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,187,501

Cash YoY

+11%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2.6m

↑ 11% YoY

Net Worth

£3.2m

↑ 5.2% YoY

Current Assets

£2.7m

↑ 9.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£3.19M	£3.03M
Current assets	£2.70M	£2.47M
Cash	£2.57M	£2.30M
Debtors	£131.7k	£167.3k
Net assets	£3.19M	£3.03M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

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2021-12-14
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accounts · AA
2020-12-13
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accounts · AA
2019-12-24
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accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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2019-11-28
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2019-11-28
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2018-12-06
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2016-09-15
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accounts · AA
2016-07-19
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officers · CH01
2016-07-19
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officers · CH01
2015-05-18
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2015-03-04
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O'HARA, William Clive appointed
director
2009-04-20
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-04-20
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2008-01-17
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BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-01-17
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CLAIRMONTS SOLICITORS resigned
corporate-secretary
1997-08-04
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O'HARA, Lorraine appointed
director
1997-08-04
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CLAIRMONTS SOLICITORS appointed
corporate-secretary
1997-08-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-08-04
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
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1997-07-18
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Company incorporated
As EGLINTON SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED
1997-07-18
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-07-18
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Clive O'Hara Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Lorraine O'Hara Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	19/07/2019

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

Incorporated1997-07-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

C/O D M Mcnaught & Co Ltd

166 Buchanan Street

Glasgow

G1 2LW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-01

Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

O'HARA, Lorraine→

director · ~65y · appointed 1997-08-04

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Active

O'HARA, William Clive→

director · ~74y · appointed 2015-03-04

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Active

BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-17 · resigned 2009-04-20

Resigned

CLAIRMONTS SOLICITORS→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-08-04 · resigned 2008-01-17

Resigned

HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2015-05-18

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-18 · resigned 1997-08-04

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-18 · resigned 1997-08-04

Resigned

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