EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED

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SC319443 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-23

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

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

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.1y

80/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (7 active, 16 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £3,350,388

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£3.35M	£3.12M
Average employees	250	23200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
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officers · TM01
2024-08-30
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SMITH, Chester resigned
director
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-31
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MCBETH, Martin Gerrard resigned
director
2021-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-18
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MORRAN, Elaine Murray resigned
director
2020-08-18
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MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid resigned
director
2020-06-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-06-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-04-16
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BELL, Alistair appointed
director
2020-04-16
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BELL, Steven appointed
director
2020-04-16
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DAWSON, Lee appointed
director
2020-04-16
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FERGUSON, Alex appointed
director
2020-04-16
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GIRVAN, Brian appointed
director
2020-04-16
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SMITH, Chester appointed
director
2020-04-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-16
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officers · AP01
2020-04-16
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officers · AP01
2019-04-11
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-03-31
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2018-12-03
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BURNS, William resigned
director
2018-10-10
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WELLS, Robert resigned
director
2016-08-24
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LAWSON, Stephen John resigned
director
2014-06-23
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MORRAN, Elaine Murray appointed
director
2012-06-08
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BELL, John Andrew appointed
director
2012-02-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-01-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-01-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-04-01
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LAWSON, Stephen John appointed
director
2011-04-01
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MCBETH, Martin Gerrard appointed
director
2010-05-20
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BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2010-05-20
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BOYDSLAW (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2008-01-01
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MORRAN, Francis Stephen Reid appointed
director
2007-06-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2007-05-14
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MADSEN, Michael appointed
director
2007-05-14
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BURNS, William appointed
director
2007-05-14
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WELLS, Robert appointed
director
2007-03-23
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Company incorporated
As EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED
2007-03-23
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BOYDSLAW (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-03-23
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BOYDSLAW (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 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

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Emergency One Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Emergency One Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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EMERGENCY ONE (U.K.) LIMITED

This company · SC319443

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Emergency One Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	14/06/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Michael Madsenceased 14/06/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-03-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3a Caponacre Industrial Estate

Cumnock

Ayrshire

KA18 1SH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-20

Last: 2026-06-06