COLIN YOURSTON & SON LIMITED

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SC382992 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-02
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,986
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,045 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 58% YoY
Cash YoY
-58%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£68k
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£29k£43k£58k£72kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£3.4k£8.4k
Current assets£68.3k£72.0k
Cash£2.9k£7.0k
Debtors£65.1k£64.5k
Net assets£3.0k£6.0k

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.

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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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-29
    ➖
    YOURSTON, Robbie resigned
    director
  7. 2022-08-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-08-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-07-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2022-07-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2022-07-14
    ➕
    YOURSTON, Robbie appointed
    director
  12. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As COLIN YOURSTON & SON LIMITED
  19. 2010-08-02
    ➕
    YOURSTON, Colin appointed
    director
  20. 2010-08-02
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  21. 2010-08-02
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "YOURSTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Yourston
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

13 Howden Park
Jedburgh
Roxburghshire
TD8 6PZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

YOURSTON, Colin→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-08-02 · resigned 2010-08-02
Resigned
YOURSTON, Robbie→
director · ~28y · appointed 2022-07-14 · resigned 2022-08-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-07-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29