E M CABLE SERVICES (NORTH SEA) LIMITED
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 40.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 40.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 700 | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-10-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-09-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-09-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-09-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-09-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-15➖MOUSLEY, David John resignedsecretary
- 2015-12-15➖MOUSLEY, David John resigneddirector
- 2013-01-10➕THOMSON, Steven appointeddirector
- 2013-01-10➖THOMSON, Stewart resigneddirector
- 1991-07-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1990-06-15➕MOUSLEY, David John appointedsecretary
- 1986-05-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1984-11-12🏢Company incorporatedAs E M CABLE SERVICES (NORTH SEA) LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Em Cable Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Em Cable Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 29/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
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Registered office
Filing status
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/09/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/09/2018 | 01/10/2018 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 09/05/1986 | 24/07/1991 |