EARTH ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC296056 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-25

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

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 (77/100)

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 (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	400	400

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-27
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officers · TM01
2025-10-19
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accounts · AA
2025-10-17
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WATERSTON, Duncan James resigned
director
2024-10-14
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accounts · AA
2023-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-10-13
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2021-09-15
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2020-10-19
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2019-09-02
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accounts · AA
2018-10-03
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accounts · AA
2017-10-01
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2016-09-05
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2016-02-08
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-14
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accounts · AA
2010-03-25
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WATERSTON, Duncan James appointed
director
2010-03-02
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CAMPBELL, Alexander John resigned
director
2008-04-06
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MARTIN, Michael Shaun resigned
secretary
2006-01-25
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Company incorporated
As EARTH ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED
2006-01-25
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FERGUSON, Ross Thomas Granville appointed
director
2006-01-25
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MARTIN, Michael Shaun appointed
secretary
2006-01-25
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CAMPBELL, Alexander John appointed
director

Owner dependency

85/100

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 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ross Thomas Granville Ferguson Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Duncan James Waterstonceased 17/10/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2006-01-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

3 Murieston Lane

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH11 2LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

FERGUSON, Ross Thomas Granville→

director · ~49y · appointed 2006-01-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MARTIN, Michael Shaun→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-25 · resigned 2008-04-06

Resigned

CAMPBELL, Alexander John→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-01-25 · resigned 2010-03-02

Resigned

WATERSTON, Duncan James→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-03-25 · resigned 2025-10-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-18

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-17

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-10-19