ROM TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC212677 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£465.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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, 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £465,398
Net assets shrinking
Down £93,006 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£465k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£612k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£134k£268k£401k£535k£669kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£465.4k£558.4k
Current assets£612.1k£668.8k
Net assets£465.4k£558.4k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-19
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  2. 2024-07-10
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  3. 2023-11-24
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  4. 2023-11-24
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-11-21
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    MCKEARY, Andrew appointed
    director
  6. 2023-11-21
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    WRIGHT, Alan David appointed
    director
  7. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2022-07-07
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  9. 2021-09-15
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  10. 2020-07-23
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  11. 2019-07-23
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  12. 2019-06-25
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-06
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    MCDONAGH, Grace appointed
    director
  14. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2017-03-10
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  16. 2016-03-09
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  17. 2015-12-14
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  18. 2015-02-27
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  19. 2013-10-31
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    MCKENNA, Jean resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-10-31
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    MCKENNA, Robert Malcolm resigned
    director
  21. 2011-04-01
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    MCDONAGH, Gerard James Mullen appointed
    director
  22. 2000-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ROM TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2000-11-08
    ➕
    MCKENNA, Jean appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-11-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-11-08
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-11-08
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    MCKENNA, Robert Malcolm appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gerard James Mullen Mcdonach
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Grace Mcdonagh
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

48 Milton Road
East Kilbride
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G74 5BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MCDONAGH, Gerard James Mullen→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONAGH, Grace→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKEARY, Andrew→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Alan David→
director · ~49y · appointed 2023-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKENNA, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2013-10-31
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2000-11-08
Resigned
MCKENNA, Robert Malcolm→
director · ~81y · appointed 2000-11-08 · resigned 2012-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
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officers · AP01
2023-11-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-13