EASTFORD EXCAVATIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC327471 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-10
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 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: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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£147k£294k£441k£588k£735kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£804.9k
Current assets—£636.3k
Cash—£440.2k
Debtors—£196.1k
Net assets—£735.4k
Average employees12—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  4. 2025-04-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-04-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-04-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As EASTFORD EXCAVATIONS LIMITED
  17. 2007-07-10
    ➕
    CARRUTHERS, Gail appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-07-10
    ➕
    CARRUTHERS, Andrew Moffat appointed
    director
  19. 2007-07-10
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-07-10
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-07-10
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2007-07-10
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

Eastford Excavations Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Eastford Excavations Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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EASTFORD EXCAVATIONS LIMITED
This company · SC327471

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
Eastford Excavations Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting11/07/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Gail Jan Carruthersceased 11/07/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Andrew Moffat Carruthersceased 11/07/2023· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Eastford, Stobwood
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CARRUTHERS, Gail→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARRUTHERS, Andrew Moffat→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-10 · resigned 2007-07-10
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-07-10 · resigned 2007-07-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-04-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27