EBTECH (SCOTLAND) LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC476733 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-02

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.

Why now

Window opening · high confidence

More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 90 → 70
· Opportunity score: 73 → 64
· Bankability: 75 → 65
· Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative

Opportunity decay

softening · 6-months

Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.

· 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

↓Opportunity score: 73 → 64
↓Hygiene score: 90 → 70
↓Bankability: 75 → 65
·Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	—	-100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-02-19
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-07-18
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gazette · GAZ1
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
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accounts · AA
2020-02-21
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accounts · AA
2019-02-26
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accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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accounts · AA
2017-02-28
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accounts · AA
2016-07-18
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-07
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accounts · AA
2015-07-24
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-02
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Company incorporated
As EBTECH (SCOTLAND) LTD
2014-05-02
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DEANS, Alan appointed
director
2014-05-02
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-16

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Deans Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/05/2017

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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

Incorporated2014-05-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Broomhill Lodge

Rankinston

Ayr

KA6 7HL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-16OVERDUE

Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DEANS, Alan→

director · ~50y · appointed 2014-05-02

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (25 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-02-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-28

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

accounts · AA

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-27

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

accounts · AA

2024-02-27

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-07-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-24

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-07-18

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

accounts · AA

2023-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-14

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

accounts · AA

2022-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-17

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

accounts · AA

2020-08-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-07-17

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

accounts · AA

2020-02-21