CONOR PRICE ENGINEERING LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC349994 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-16
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£823.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 5.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £823,024
Cash YoY
+160%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£173k
↑ 160% YoY
Net Worth
£823k
↑ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£769k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £914.9k | £855.5k |
| Current assets | £768.6k | £691.4k |
| Cash | £172.7k | £66.5k |
| Net assets | £823.0k | £760.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-01-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-07📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2020-10-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-10-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-05-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-05-01➕PRICE, Emily appointeddirector
- 2018-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2008-10-16🏢Company incorporatedAs CONOR PRICE ENGINEERING LTD
- 2008-10-16➕PRICE, Conor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "PRICE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Conor Price Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 16/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Registered office
First Floor, Archibald Hope House Station Road
Eskmills
Musselburgh
EH21 7PE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
PRICE, Conor→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2008-10-16
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PRICE, Emily→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2019-05-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/12/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 13/10/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-04