JOHN SMITH ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC287377 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£274.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £274,583
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,965 YoY
Cash YoY
+17%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£104k
↑ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£275k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£138k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£59k£118k£177k£236k£296kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£289.2k£309.7k
Current assets£138.5k£159.0k
Cash£104.1k£88.8k
Debtors£30.0k£18.9k
Net assets£274.6k£295.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-28
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  2. 2024-04-17
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  7. 2023-04-20
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  8. 2022-04-28
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  9. 2021-04-06
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  10. 2020-04-22
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  11. 2019-04-26
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  12. 2018-04-27
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  13. 2018-04-23
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  14. 2018-04-23
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  16. 2018-04-23
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  17. 2017-09-25
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    address · AD01
  18. 2016-07-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2005-07-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  20. 2005-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN SMITH ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
  21. 2005-07-12
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    SMITH, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-07-12
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    SMITH, John Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2005-07-12
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    SMITH, Lorraine appointed
    director
  24. 2005-07-12
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-07-12
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SMITH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Anthony Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2005-07-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Dalton Burn
Dalton
Lockerbie
DG11 1DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

SMITH, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, John Anthony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-07-12
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Active
SMITH, Lorraine→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-12 · resigned 2005-07-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property22/07/200505/07/2016

Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
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accounts · AA
2025-04-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08