KELVINSIDE ELECTRONICS (NUMBER 1) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC485300 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-28
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.
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year to Nov 2024
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees—0

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

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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-17
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  2. 2024-08-29
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  3. 2023-11-30
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2021-05-17
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  7. 2019-08-30
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  8. 2018-11-06
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  9. 2017-08-31
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  10. 2017-01-26
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  11. 2017-01-26
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  12. 2017-01-26
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2016-06-01
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-14
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  15. 2014-11-12
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2014-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As KELVINSIDE ELECTRONICS (NUMBER 1) LIMITED
  17. 2014-08-28
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    BAIRD, David appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-08-28
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    BAIRD, David Rankin appointed
    director
  19. 2014-08-28
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    FERGUEY, Ian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Rankin Baird
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Ian Ferguey
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Gavell Road
Kilsyth
Glasgow
G65 9BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BAIRD, David→
secretary · appointed 2014-08-28
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BAIRD, David Rankin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-08-28
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Active
FERGUEY, Ian→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-08-28
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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2018-11-06