A & W ELECTRICAL CO. (GLASGOW) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC282474 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
6 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-23
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  3. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2024-01-22
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-30
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  9. 2021-06-30
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  10. 2020-05-17
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  11. 2019-03-28
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  12. 2018-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-10-25
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  15. 2017-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2016-10-19
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    BLACKER, Richard resigned
    director
  18. 2013-03-01
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    MCKINNEY, Laura Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2013-03-01
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    BLACKER, Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 2005-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As A & W ELECTRICAL CO. (GLASGOW) LTD.
  22. 2005-04-01
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    MCKINNEY, Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-04-01
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    MCKINNEY, Alan appointed
    director
  24. 2005-04-01
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    MCKINNEY, Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2005-04-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-04-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2005-04-01
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2005-04-01
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

6 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Ann Mckinney
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/10/2016
Mr Alan Mckinney
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/10/2016
Miss Laura Jane Mckinney
Individual · British · DOB 05/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control19/10/2016
Ms Laura Jane Mckinney
Individual · British · DOB 05/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/10/2016
Mrs Ann Mckinney
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/10/2016
Mr Alan Mckinney
Individual · British · DOB 07/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/10/2016

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
Incorporated2005-04-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

82 Berkeley Street
Glasgow
G3 7DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

MCKINNEY, Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKINNEY, Alan→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
MCKINNEY, Ann→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKINNEY, Laura Jane→
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
BLACKER, Richard→
director · ~49y · appointed 2013-03-01 · resigned 2016-10-19
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property09/10/2006—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-23
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21