HAMILTON ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

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SC117733 · ltd · incorporated 1989-05-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£7.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -81% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,820
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,286 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 81% YoY
Cash YoY
-81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↓ 87% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£25k£37k£49k£62kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£7.8k£15.1k
Current assets£8.2k£61.8k
Cash£8.2k£44.2k
Debtors—£14.7k
Net assets£7.8k£15.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-09-12
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  3. 2023-09-18
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  4. 2022-09-21
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  11. 2016-05-16
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  16. 2004-07-01
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    MILLER, Brian appointed
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  17. 1992-03-02
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    WHITEFORD, Robert Cameron resigned
    secretary
  18. 1989-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As HAMILTON ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Miller
Individual · British · DOB 09/1945 · age 81
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-05-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

2 Parkburn Court
Parkburn Industrial Estate
Hamilton
South Lanarkshire
ML3 0QQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MILLER, Ann→
secretary
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MILLER, Brian→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-07-01
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MILLER, Joseph→
director · ~81y
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Active
WHITEFORD, Robert Cameron→
secretary · resigned 1992-03-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

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2025-08-15
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2025-06-30
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2024-09-12
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2024-05-13
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2023-09-18
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2023-05-12
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2022-09-21
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2022-05-25
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2022-05-05
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2021-08-10
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2021-05-05
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2020-07-06
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2020-05-08
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2019-09-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-15