S&G ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC385954 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-27

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£10.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,119

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£11k

Net Worth

£10k

Current Assets

£69k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£10.3k	—
Current assets	£69.5k	—
Cash	£10.5k	—
Debtors	£25.9k	—
Net assets	£10.1k	—

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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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-06-27
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2024-03-28
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2023-04-03
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2022-06-27
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2021-06-29
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2020-02-28
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2019-10-04
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capital · SH01
2019-03-15
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2018-01-11
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2017-02-01
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2016-06-08
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2015-10-06
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2015-08-18
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2015-06-30
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2014-10-29
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2010-09-27
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Company incorporated
As S&G ELECTRICAL WHOLESALERS LTD
2010-09-27
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MCWILTON, Craig 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

+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 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 62. 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 Craig Mcwilton Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

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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

Incorporated2010-09-27

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

4d Auchingramont Road

Hamilton

ML3 6JT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-11

Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MCWILTON, Craig→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-09-27

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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

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2025-10-02

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2025-06-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-04

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2024-03-28

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-02

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2023-04-03

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-01

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accounts · AA

2022-06-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-09-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-02-28

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-04

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capital · SH01

2019-10-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2019-03-15