TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC296224 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

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£273k£545k£818k£1.1m£1.4mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£1.30M
Current assets—£1.36M
Cash—£947.7k
Debtors—£409.6k
Net assets—£1.30M
Average employees4—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-02-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-04-01
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    DUFFY, Agnes appointed
    director
  17. 2006-02-14
    ➕
    DUFFY, Agnes appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-02-14
    ➖
    PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-02-04
    ➕
    COULTHARD, John Dodds appointed
    director
  20. 2006-02-04
    ➖
    AMERSHAM SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2006-02-04
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    PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2006-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING LIMITED
  23. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    AMERSHAM SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

T E (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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T E (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · SC296224

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
T E (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Kings Inch Place
1 King Inch Place
Renfrew
PA4 8QF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DUFFY, Agnes→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COULTHARD, John Dodds→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUFFY, Agnes→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-02-14
Resigned
AMERSHAM SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-02-04
Resigned
PEMEX SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-01-27 · resigned 2006-02-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-14