ECG JOINERY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC383821 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-17
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -53% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,191
Net assets shrinking
Down £44,262 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 53% YoY
Cash YoY
-53%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£44k
↓ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 97% YoY
Current Assets
£128k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.7k | £58.0k |
| Current assets | £128.4k | £192.5k |
| Cash | £44.4k | £95.2k |
| Debtors | £59.1k | £72.2k |
| Net assets | £1.2k | £45.5k |
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.
See pricing →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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-09-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-09-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-28➕GRAHAM, Steven appointeddirector
- 2025-08-28➖GRAHAM, Robert Ernest Paul resigneddirector
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-01-01➖GRAHAM, Steven resignedsecretary
- 2012-01-01➕GRAHAM, Robert Ernest Paul appointeddirector
- 2010-08-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ECG JOINERY LIMITED
- 2010-08-17➕GRAHAM, Lorraine Jayne appointeddirector
- 2010-08-17➕GRAHAM, Steven appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
29/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GRAHAM, Steven (same surname) appointed 2025-08-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lorraine Jayne Graham Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 17/08/2016 |
Mr Steven Graham Individual · British · DOB 11/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 28/08/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robert Ernest Paul Grahamceased 28/08/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| FASHION AFRIQUE LTD→ SC865695 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| FINDLAY ACCESS SERVICES LTD.→ SC245777 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16230 — Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery
Registered office
Unit 5a Carron Place
Edinburgh
EH6 7RE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
GRAHAM, Lorraine Jayne→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2010-08-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAHAM, Steven→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2025-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAHAM, Steven→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-08-17 · resigned 2012-01-01
GRAHAM, Robert Ernest Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2012-01-01 · resigned 2025-08-28
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Recent filings (40 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22