SF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LTD.
- 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.1y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £393.5k | £371.1k |
| Current assets | £588.7k | £571.0k |
| Net assets | £392.1k | £369.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-03-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Allica Bank Limited
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-06➕FERRIE, Pamela appointeddirector
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-02🏢Company incorporatedAs SF ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LTD.
- 2015-11-02➕FERRIE, Scott appointeddirector
- 2015-11-02📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 high ·Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-06
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Energy & utilities · G postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVIROCLEAN (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC176022 · est 1997 | £9.58M £6.90M–£12.26M | — | — | 246 | 28y | 84 | 59y |
| BARR + WRAY LIMITED→ SC040952 · est 1964 | £4.90M £3.53M–£6.28M | — | — | 5900 | 61y | 84 | 59y |
| BARR + WRAY HOLDINGS 2 LIMITED→ SC276252 · est 2004 | £1.34M £963.0k–£1.71M | — | — | 0 | 21y | 84 | 59y |
| BARR + WRAY HOLDINGS LIMITED→ SC175728 · est 1997 | £1.34M £963.0k–£1.71M | — | — | 0 | 28y | 82 | 59y |
| BAILLIE WINDFARM LIMITED→ SC256692 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | 83 | 71y |
| HIGHLANDER INTERNATIONAL RECYCLING LIMITED→ SC265586 · est 2004 | — | — | £1.59M | — | 22y | 83 | 61y |
| HIGHLANDER SECURITY SHREDDING LTD→ SC395423 · est 2011 | — | — | £646.8k | — | 15y | 83 | 61y |
| SPRUCE CARPETS LTD.→ SC280302 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | 83 | 70y |
| DPM WATER TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED→ SC264863 · est 2004 | — | — | — | — | 22y | 82 | 71y |
| DRAINTEC SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ SC303174 · est 2006 | — | — | £800.9k | — | 19y | 82 | 60y |
| RELIANCE CONTRACTS GROUP LIMITED→ SC805685 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| SCOTTISH WATER LIMITED→ SC207004 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Allica Bank Allica Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 24/03/2026 | — |