POWER FACTOR SCOTLAND LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC282828 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35130
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,517
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£2k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 89% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £46.4k | £55.8k |
| Current assets | £53.8k | £42.9k |
| Cash | £1.7k | £2.6k |
| Debtors | £52.1k | £36.7k |
| Net assets | £-1.5k | £-13.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-25✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-12-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-12-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-11-21➕FELTH, Anne Marie appointeddirector
- 2017-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2005-04-06🏢Company incorporatedAs POWER FACTOR SCOTLAND LTD
- 2005-04-06➕FELTH, Anne Marie appointedsecretary
- 2005-04-06➕FELTH, Ian appointeddirector
- 2005-04-06➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-04-06➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Anne Marie Felth Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/11/2017 |
Mr Ian Felth Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35130 — SIC 35130
Registered office
Radleigh House
1 Golf Road, Clarkston
Glasgow
East Renfrewshire
G76 7HU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
FELTH, Anne Marie→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-06 · resigned 2005-04-06
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Recent filings (50 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19