EAST LOTHIAN PLUMBING & HEATING LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC255482 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-08

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£2.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -83% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 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 £1,995

Cash draining

Cash down 83% YoY

Cash YoY

-83%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

↓ 83% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 9.1% YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↓ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£2.1k	£1.8k
Current assets	£20.8k	£32.6k
Cash	£4.7k	£27.8k
Debtors	£16.0k	£4.8k
Net assets	£2.0k	£1.8k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-13
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2020-04-23
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2018-06-20
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2017-06-08
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2014-12-22
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2003-09-08
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Company incorporated
As EAST LOTHIAN PLUMBING & HEATING LTD.
2003-09-08
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CUNNINGHAM, Theresa appointed
secretary
2003-09-08
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WILSON, John Andrew appointed
director
2003-09-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-08
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2003-09-08
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2003-09-08
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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 23 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Andrew Wilson Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	08/09/2016

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

Incorporated2003-09-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

1 Myles Farm Cottage

Tranent

East Lothian

EH33 2LE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CUNNINGHAM, Theresa→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-08

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Active

WILSON, John Andrew→

director · ~66y · appointed 2003-09-08

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2003-09-08

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2003-09-08

Resigned

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