EL EVENT SERVICES SCOTLAND LTD

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SC434584 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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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 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £2,190
Cash YoY
+54%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£53k
↑ 54% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 131% YoY
Current Assets
£62k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£7k£7k£20k£34k£48k£62kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£17.7k£11.9k
Current assets£61.6k£60.8k
Cash£53.0k£34.4k
Debtors£8.7k£26.5k
Net assets£2.2k£-7.1k

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

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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  2. 2024-09-02
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  3. 2023-07-10
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  4. 2022-08-29
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  5. 2021-08-23
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  6. 2020-12-15
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  7. 2019-08-15
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  8. 2018-12-13
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  9. 2017-09-29
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  10. 2016-11-29
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  11. 2015-10-20
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  12. 2015-09-15
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  13. 2015-09-15
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  14. 2015-09-02
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    HOWIE, Steven John resigned
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  15. 2015-08-07
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  16. 2015-01-26
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    HOWIE, Loraine Agnes resigned
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  17. 2014-10-22
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  18. 2012-10-11
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    Company incorporated
    As EL EVENT SERVICES SCOTLAND LTD
  19. 2012-10-11
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    GRINDLE, Graeme William appointed
    director
  20. 2012-10-11
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    GRINDLE, Karen appointed
    director
  21. 2012-10-11
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    HOWIE, Loraine Agnes appointed
    director
  22. 2012-10-11
    ➕
    HOWIE, Steven John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graeme William Grindle
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/09/2016

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
Incorporated2012-10-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Pitkevy Gardens
Glenrothes
Fife
KY6 3EG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GRINDLE, Graeme William→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-10-11
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Active
GRINDLE, Karen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWIE, Loraine Agnes→
director · ~65y · appointed 2012-10-11 · resigned 2015-01-26
Resigned
HOWIE, Steven John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-10-11 · resigned 2015-09-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

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2025-10-13
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2025-10-07
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2024-10-16
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2024-09-02
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2023-11-01
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2023-07-10
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2022-10-13
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2022-08-29
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2021-10-26
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2021-08-23
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2020-12-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
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2019-10-17
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2019-08-15
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2018-12-13