ERGOMAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC191098 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-13

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 25.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (5 active, 17 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

17 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-04-13
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officers · CH01
2026-03-17
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officers · CH01
2026-03-17
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officers · CH01
2026-03-17
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officers · CH01
2026-03-17
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officers · CH01
2025-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-05
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accounts · AA
2022-08-05
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accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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accounts · AA
2021-03-05
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officers · AP01
2021-02-22
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WATSON, Michael David appointed
director
2020-12-01
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accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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officers · AP01
2019-07-25
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officers · AP03
2019-07-25
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officers · TM02
2019-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-07-10
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LAU, Daniel appointed
secretary
2019-07-10
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HALLAM, Paul appointed
director
2019-07-10
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HALLAM, Paul resigned
secretary
2019-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2012-12-27
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RAPLEY, Ian resigned
secretary
2012-03-01
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HALLAM, Paul appointed
secretary
2012-02-29
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WOLFSON, Alan resigned
secretary
2011-03-29
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MCGILL, Christopher Charles appointed
director
2011-03-17
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RAPLEY, Ian resigned
director
2010-06-10
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MCGILL, Christopher Charles resigned
director
2010-06-10
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RAPLEY, Ian appointed
director
2009-08-24
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MCGILL, Christopher Charles appointed
director
2005-08-19
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RAPLEY, Ian appointed
secretary
2003-11-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-03-03
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INGHAM, Michael Harry Peter resigned
secretary
2003-03-03
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WOLFSON, Alan appointed
secretary
2003-01-02
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OP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-11-05
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OP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-07-20
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INGHAM, Michael Harry Peter appointed
secretary
2001-07-20
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THOMAS, Lesley Amanda resigned
secretary
2001-02-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Abbey National Treasury Services PLC
2000-05-22
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THOMAS, Lesley Amanda appointed
secretary
2000-02-18
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CRAXTON & GRANT SSC resigned
corporate-secretary
2000-02-15
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PROCTER, William Kenneth appointed
director
2000-02-15
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SPIRO, Robin Myer resigned
director
1998-12-08
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CRAXTON & GRANT SSC appointed
corporate-secretary
1998-12-08
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-12-08
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SPIRO, Robin Myer appointed
director
1998-12-08
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1998-11-13
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Company incorporated
As ERGOMAN LIMITED
1998-11-13
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-11-13
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

Fairhold Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fairhold Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ERGOMAN LIMITED

This company · SC191098

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
Fairhold Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated1998-11-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

George House

36 North Hanover Street

Glasgow

G1 2AD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13