MARINE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC226588 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-27
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
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
70 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees23001800

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-10-13
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    ABBAS, Umair resigned
    secretary
  5. 2025-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  9. 2023-06-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-06-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-06-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-29
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2020-10-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2019-12-29
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    ABBAS, Umair appointed
    secretary
  18. 2019-12-29
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    BLAIR, Alan resigned
    secretary
  19. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2008-05-30
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    MCGAULEY, James Iain resigned
    director
  21. 2002-02-04
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    MCGAULEY, James Iain appointed
    director
  22. 2001-12-27
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    Company incorporated
    As MARINE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
  23. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    GREGOR, Alan Joseph appointed
    director
  24. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    HUTCHINSON, John Patrick appointed
    director
  25. 2001-12-27
    ➕
    BLAIR, Alan appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Joseph Gregor
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr John Patrick Hutchinson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-12-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

C/O Premier Accounting 9b Dalrymple Court
Kirkintilloch
Glasgow
Scotland
G66 3AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GREGOR, Alan Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTCHINSON, John Patrick→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBAS, Umair→
secretary · appointed 2019-12-29 · resigned 2025-10-13
Resigned
BLAIR, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-27 · resigned 2019-12-29
Resigned
MCGAULEY, James Iain→
director · ~54y · appointed 2002-02-04 · resigned 2008-05-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-06-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28