E EGAN ARCHITECT & SURVEYORS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC458313 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-03
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-04-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-08
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-14
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2022-09-14
    ✏️
    change-of-name-request-comments
    change-of-name · NM06
  11. 2022-09-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-09-03
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    Company incorporated
    As E EGAN ARCHITECT & SURVEYORS LTD
  18. 2013-09-03
    ➕
    EGAN, Edmund appointed
    director

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "EGAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Fionnuala Egan
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting25/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Edmund Eganceased 25/04/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2013-09-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

15 Camperdown Street
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
Angus
DD5 3AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-05
Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

EGAN, Edmund→
director · ~45y · appointed 2013-09-03
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-09-14
change-of-name-request-comments
change-of-name · NM06
2022-09-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-14