KILBEAN ELECTRICAL COMPANY LIMITED

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SC094400 · ltd · incorporated 1985-07-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees201700

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-02-02
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  3. 2026-02-02
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  4. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-28
    ➖
    SANDS, James resigned
    director
  10. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2017-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-04-07
    ➕
    LAMONT, James Clelland appointed
    director
  18. 2002-10-28
    ➕
    BAIRD, Gillian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-10-28
    ➖
    MCPAUL, James Anthony resigned
    secretary
  20. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    MCPAUL, James Anthony resigned
    director
  21. 1997-11-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 1990-09-14
    ➕
    MCPAUL, James Anthony appointed
    secretary
  23. 1990-09-14
    ➖
    SANDS, Mary Ann Mcewan resigned
    secretary
  24. 1990-09-14
    ➕
    MCPAUL, James Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 1990-09-14
    ➖
    SANDS, Mary Ann Mcewan resigned
    director
  26. 1985-07-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As KILBEAN ELECTRICAL COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-07-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

8 Denny Road
Larbert
Stirlingshire
FK5 3AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03
Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BAIRD, Gillian→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-28
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Active
LAMONT, James Clelland→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-04-07
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Active
MCPAUL, James Anthony→
secretary · appointed 1990-09-14 · resigned 2002-10-28
Resigned
SANDS, Mary Ann Mcewan→
secretary · resigned 1990-09-14
Resigned
MCPAUL, James Anthony→
director · ~78y · appointed 1990-09-14 · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
SANDS, James→
director · ~83y · resigned 2023-02-28
Resigned
SANDS, Mary Ann Mcewan→
director · ~84y · resigned 1990-09-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property03/11/1997—
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Recent filings (104 total)

resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-02
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-02-02
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14