R.BOYTER ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC710075 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-21

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 steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 12 → 13

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 12 → 13

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: 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: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + 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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

13 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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accounts · AA
2025-11-12
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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accounts · AA01
2022-10-05
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address · AD01
2021-09-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-21
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Company incorporated
As R.BOYTER ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
2021-09-21
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BOYTER, Ryan Alan appointed
director
2021-09-21
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100

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 "BOYTER" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

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.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ryan Alan Boyter Individual · British · DOB 04/1991 · age 35	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/09/2021

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

Incorporated2021-09-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

165 Brook Street

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

DD5 1DJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BOYTER, Ryan Alan→

director · ~35y · appointed 2021-09-21

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Active

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

Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-11-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-11-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-10-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-05

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2022-10-05

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-10-05

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2021-09-29

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2021-09-21