POWER FACTOR SCOTLAND LTD

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SC282828 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35130
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,517
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 89% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£14k-£196£13k£27k£40k£54kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£46.4k£55.8k
Current assets£53.8k£42.9k
Cash£1.7k£2.6k
Debtors£52.1k£36.7k
Net assets£-1.5k£-13.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-20
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  3. 2024-01-19
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  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-25
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2021-01-21
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  8. 2020-01-22
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  9. 2019-01-31
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  10. 2018-01-29
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  11. 2017-12-05
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  12. 2017-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-12-05
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    capital · SH01
  14. 2017-12-01
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-11-21
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    FELTH, Anne Marie appointed
    director
  16. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  17. 2005-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As POWER FACTOR SCOTLAND LTD
  18. 2005-04-06
    ➕
    FELTH, Anne Marie appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-04-06
    ➕
    FELTH, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-06
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-04-06
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mrs Anne Marie Felth
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/11/2017
Mr Ian Felth
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2005-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35130 — SIC 35130

Registered office

Radleigh House
1 Golf Road, Clarkston
Glasgow
East Renfrewshire
G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FELTH, Anne Marie→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-06
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Active
FELTH, Anne Marie→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-11-21
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Active
FELTH, Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-04-06
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-06 · resigned 2005-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-01-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
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2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
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accounts · AA
2020-01-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-19