EGLINTON SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED

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SC177359 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.19M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
85 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 £3,187,501
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.6m
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£3.2m
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Assets
£2.7m
↑ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£638k£1.3m£1.9m£2.6m£3.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.19M£3.03M
Current assets£2.70M£2.47M
Cash£2.57M£2.30M
Debtors£131.7k£167.3k
Net assets£3.19M£3.03M

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-20
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-12-14
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  6. 2020-12-13
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  7. 2019-12-24
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  8. 2019-11-28
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  9. 2019-11-28
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  10. 2019-11-28
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  11. 2018-12-06
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  12. 2017-12-20
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  13. 2016-09-15
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  14. 2016-07-19
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  15. 2016-07-19
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-05-18
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    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  17. 2015-03-04
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    O'HARA, William Clive appointed
    director
  18. 2009-04-20
    ➖
    BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2009-04-20
    ➕
    HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2008-01-17
    ➕
    BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-01-17
    ➖
    CLAIRMONTS SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 1997-08-04
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    O'HARA, Lorraine appointed
    director
  23. 1997-08-04
    ➕
    CLAIRMONTS SOLICITORS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1997-08-04
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-08-04
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1997-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As EGLINTON SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED
  27. 1997-07-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1997-07-18
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Clive O'Hara
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Lorraine O'Hara
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/07/2019

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
Incorporated1997-07-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

C/O D M Mcnaught & Co Ltd
166 Buchanan Street
Glasgow
G1 2LW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

O'HARA, Lorraine→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'HARA, William Clive→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL & SCOTT (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-17 · resigned 2009-04-20
Resigned
CLAIRMONTS SOLICITORS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-08-04 · resigned 2008-01-17
Resigned
HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2015-05-18
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-18 · resigned 1997-08-04
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-07-18 · resigned 1997-08-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

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2025-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-28