C E CONTRACTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC385639 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-21

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£1.45M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.9y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,446,351

Cash YoY

+208%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£318k

↑ 208% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 4.9% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Cash	£318.2k	£103.3k
Net assets	£1.45M	£1.38M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 mortgage

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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mortgage · MR04
2026-04-27
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-11-08
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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accounts · AA
2020-04-17
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2018-12-20
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2018-04-17
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2017-03-30
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accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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accounts · AA
2015-10-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-06
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2014-10-10
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annual-return · AR01
2012-07-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2010-09-21
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Company incorporated
As C E CONTRACTS LIMITED
2010-09-21
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EDGINGTON, Colin appointed
director
2010-09-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-09-21
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-09-21
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2010-09-21
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Edgington Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Plean Industrial Estate

Plean

Stirling

FK7 8BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-05

Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

EDGINGTON, Colin→

director · ~61y · appointed 2010-09-21

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-09-21 · resigned 2010-09-21

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-09-21 · resigned 2010-09-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	03/07/2012	27/04/2026

Recent filings (38 total)

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mortgage · MR04

2026-04-27

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accounts · AA

2025-12-18