D. FAINT ELECTRONICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC306000 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-27

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,016

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£578

Net Worth

£1k

Current Assets

£2k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£1.0k
Current assets	£2.2k
Cash	£578
Debtors	£1.6k
Net assets	£1.0k

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-28
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2025-05-15
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2024-05-14
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accounts · AA
2023-06-28
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accounts · AA
2022-05-13
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accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts · AA
2020-06-04
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accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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accounts · AA
2019-06-14
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officers · TM02
2019-06-12
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FAINT, Richard resigned
secretary
2018-03-23
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accounts · AA
2017-05-31
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accounts · AA
2016-05-06
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accounts · AA
2016-02-24
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officers · CH01
2015-08-06
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-01
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FAINT, Lesley appointed
director
2006-07-27
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Company incorporated
As D. FAINT ELECTRONICS LIMITED
2006-07-27
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FAINT, David Keith appointed
director
2006-07-27
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FAINT, Richard appointed
secretary
2006-07-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-07-27
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2006-07-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2006-07-27
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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

+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 "FAINT" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lesley Faint Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr David Keith Faint Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-07-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Edinburgh Drive

Gourock

Renfrewshire

PA19 1AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-20

Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FAINT, David Keith→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-07-27

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Active

FAINT, Lesley→

director · ~61y · appointed 2015-05-01

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Active

FAINT, Richard→

secretary · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2019-06-12

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2006-07-27

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2006-07-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-09-28

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-06

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended

accounts · AA01

2025-05-15