BISSETT ELECTRICAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC293311 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-17
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 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 (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200-200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-23
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  3. 2023-12-28
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  4. 2022-12-27
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  5. 2022-01-10
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-20
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    WATSON, Gayle resigned
    director
  9. 2018-11-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2018-11-20
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-11-20
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  12. 2018-05-25
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  13. 2017-12-29
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  14. 2017-11-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-26
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  17. 2011-04-01
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    BISSETT, John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-04-01
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    MORRISON, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BISSETT ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  20. 2005-11-17
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    BISSETT, John Brownlee appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-17
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    MORRISON, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-11-17
    ➕
    WATSON, Gayle appointed
    director

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BISSETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Brownlee Bissett
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/11/2016
Mr Adam Bissett
Individual · British · DOB 10/2000 · age 26
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Gayle Watsonceased 20/11/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated2005-11-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

11 Etive Road
Wemyss Bay
Renfrewshire
PA18 6DN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BISSETT, John→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-01
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Active
BISSETT, John Brownlee→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-11-17
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Active
MORRISON, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-17 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
WATSON, Gayle→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-11-17 · resigned 2018-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-20