AUDIO HEARING SERVICES LTD.

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SC359337 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-42.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £42,628
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
-£43k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£56k-£40k-£24k-£8k£8k£24kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-24.3k£-27.6k
Current assets£19.6k£24.1k
Cash£9.2k£17.8k
Debtors£10.3k£6.1k
Net assets£-42.6k£-55.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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  2. 2025-02-04
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  3. 2024-01-25
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  4. 2023-01-09
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  5. 2022-02-11
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  6. 2021-05-17
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  7. 2020-01-10
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  8. 2019-02-04
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  9. 2018-02-15
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  10. 2017-02-15
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  11. 2016-07-20
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  12. 2016-07-20
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2016-07-19
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
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  15. 2015-06-03
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  16. 2015-02-23
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-07-14
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    SKIBA, Stephen Francis resigned
    director
  18. 2010-10-25
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    PAYLOR, Brian resigned
    director
  19. 2010-03-17
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    KEENAN, David Michael resigned
    director
  20. 2009-11-23
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    WALLACE, Gordon John appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AUDIO HEARING SERVICES LTD.
  22. 2009-05-08
    ➕
    MILLER, Linda Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-05-08
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    MILLER, Linda Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2009-05-08
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    RIDDELL, John Torrance appointed
    director
  25. 2009-05-08
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    WINDLE, David appointed
    director
  26. 2009-05-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2009-05-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2009-05-08
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    KEENAN, David Michael appointed
    director
  29. 2009-05-08
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  30. 2009-05-08
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  31. 2009-05-08
    ➕
    PAYLOR, Brian appointed
    director
  32. 2009-05-08
    ➕
    SKIBA, Stephen Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gordon John Wallace
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Linda Elizabeth Miller
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
John Torrance Riddell
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
David Windle
Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Hope Street
Lanark
ML11 7NL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-22
Last: 2025-05-08

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

MILLER, Linda Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Linda Elizabeth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIDDELL, John Torrance→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALLACE, Gordon John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINDLE, David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2009-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2009-05-08
Resigned
KEENAN, David Michael→
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2010-03-17
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2009-05-08
Resigned
PAYLOR, Brian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2010-10-25
Resigned
SKIBA, Stephen Francis→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2014-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2026-02-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
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2025-02-04
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2024-06-05
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2024-01-25
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2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-01-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
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2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-04