SMF ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC602995 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-19
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£29.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43210Electrical installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,464
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£29k
↑ 282% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£18k£24k£29kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£47.6k£12.6k
Current assets£17.8k£17.4k
Cash£2.9k£5.8k
Debtors£13.8k£10.5k
Net assets£29.5k£7.7k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-04-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-05
    ➕
    MCCULLOCH, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  10. 2021-01-05
    ➖
    MCCULLOCH, Jacqueline resigned
    secretary
  11. 2021-01-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-01-05
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2020-01-13
    ➕
    MCCULLOCH, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  14. 2020-01-13
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  15. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2018-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-07-19
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    Company incorporated
    As SMF ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
  19. 2018-07-19
    ➕
    MCCULLOCH, John appointed
    director
  20. 2018-07-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Mcculloch
Individual · British · DOB 05/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/07/2018
Jacqueline Mcculloch
Individual · British · DOB 02/1988 · age 38
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

10 Stark Street
Gargunnock
Stirling
FK8 3BU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MCCULLOCH, Jacqueline→
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-01-05
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Active
MCCULLOCH, John→
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCULLOCH, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2020-01-13 · resigned 2021-01-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-01-05