ELECTRO-TEK (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC393153 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-09

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.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£657.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £657,732

Cash YoY

+89%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£594k

↑ 89% YoY

Net Worth

£658k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£812k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£657.7k	£562.0k
Current assets	£811.6k	£729.0k
Cash	£593.7k	£313.4k
Debtors	£218.0k	£415.6k
Net assets	£657.7k	£562.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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2024-12-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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2019-12-23
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accounts · AA
2018-11-30
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accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts · AA
2016-12-29
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accounts · AA
2016-03-25
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-21
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accounts · AA
2015-03-04
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2014-12-23
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2014-03-25
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2011-02-09
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Company incorporated
As ELECTRO-TEK (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
2011-02-09
➕
SOUDEN, David Warren appointed
director
2011-02-09
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SOUDEN, Lisa appointed
director
2011-02-09
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-02-09
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-02-09
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2011-02-09
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lisa Souden Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017
Mr David Warren Souden Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2011-02-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Orchard Grove Annexe

Kinellar

Aberdeen

AB21 0RZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SOUDEN, David Warren→

director · ~54y · appointed 2011-02-09

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Active

SOUDEN, Lisa→

director · ~54y · appointed 2011-02-09

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-02-09

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-02-09

Resigned

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