A & J ELLIOT ELECTRICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC366491 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-08
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£105.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47540Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £105,418

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£105k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£149k
↑ 7.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£30k£60k£90k£119k£149kOct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£107.5k£107.0k£97.0k
Current assets£149.4k£139.6k£140.6k
Net assets£105.4k£104.9k£94.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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  2. 2025-09-24
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  3. 2025-03-26
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  4. 2024-05-13
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  5. 2023-05-02
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  6. 2022-07-27
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  7. 2021-07-26
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  8. 2020-07-16
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  9. 2019-03-01
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  10. 2018-07-06
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  11. 2017-03-01
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  12. 2016-05-25
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  13. 2015-11-04
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  14. 2015-04-16
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  15. 2014-11-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A & J ELLIOT ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  17. 2009-10-08
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    ELLIOT, Diane appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-10-08
    ➕
    ELLIOT, Colin appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-08
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    ELLIOT, James appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-08
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    ELLIOT, Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ELLIOT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Elliot
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

Waukrigg Mill
Duke Street
Galashiels
TD1 1QD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ELLIOT, Diane→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-08
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Active
ELLIOT, Colin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-10-08
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ELLIOT, James→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-10-08
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Active
ELLIOT, Scott→
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-10-08
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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14