ECCO ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC179392 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-06

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£257

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 36000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £257

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£257

↑ 109% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£257	£-2.8k
Net assets	£257	£-2.8k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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1998-05-20
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ROBERTSON, Suzanne appointed
secretary
1998-05-20
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ROLLO DAVIDSON MCFARLANE, Messrs resigned
secretary
1998-01-15
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ROBERTSON, Ewen Alexander appointed
director
1998-01-15
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ROLLO DAVIDSON MCFARLANE, Messrs appointed
secretary
1998-01-15
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T D YOUNG & CO resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-01-15
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YOUNG, Thomas Duncan resigned
nominee-director
1997-10-06
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Company incorporated
As ECCO ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED
1997-10-06
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T D YOUNG & CO appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-10-06
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YOUNG, Thomas Duncan appointed
nominee-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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 28 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ewen Alexander Robertson Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1997-10-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC36000 — SIC 36000

Registered office

The Studio

10a South Street

Kingskettle

Fife

KY15 7PL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-20

Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Suzanne→

secretary · appointed 1998-05-20

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Active

ROBERTSON, Ewen Alexander→

director · ~66y · appointed 1998-01-15

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Active

ROLLO DAVIDSON MCFARLANE, Messrs→

secretary · appointed 1998-01-15 · resigned 1998-05-20

Resigned

T D YOUNG & CO→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-06 · resigned 1998-01-15

Resigned

YOUNG, Thomas Duncan→

nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 1997-10-06 · resigned 1998-01-15

Resigned

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