SIGNAL SOLAR ENERGY LIMITED
Opportunity 76/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £77.2k | £69.0k |
| Current assets | £105.4k | £100.2k |
| Cash | £25.4k | £54.9k |
| Debtors | — | £169 |
| Net assets | £-104.0k | £-41.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-04➕PAGET, William Patrick appointeddirector
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-20➖DICKSON, John Raymond resigneddirector
- 2024-06-20➖HAMBY, Christopher David resigneddirector
- 2024-06-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-08-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-08-23➕CARNEY-MCBRIDE, Liam Patrick appointeddirector
- 2023-08-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-08-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-11➕HAMBY, Christopher David appointeddirector
- 2023-07-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-12-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-11-20➕DICKSON, John Raymond appointeddirector
- 2022-11-20➖OGG, Graeme Morrison resigneddirector
- 2021-12-03🏢Company incorporatedAs SIGNAL SOLAR ENERGY LIMITED
- 2021-12-03➕FALCONER, Iain Graham appointedsecretary
- 2021-12-03➕FALCONER, Iain Graham appointeddirector
- 2021-12-03➕OGG, Graeme Morrison appointeddirector
- 2021-12-03📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Mary Ann Properties Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Iain Graham Falconer Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 03/12/2021 |
Mary Ann Properties Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 25/08/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Graeme Morrison Oggceased 22/08/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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8 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.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
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