ARRAN ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC307644 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-29
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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year to Nov 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 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
52 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees4500

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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2022-07-26
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  5. 2021-08-16
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  6. 2020-09-16
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  7. 2019-06-28
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  8. 2018-07-09
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  9. 2017-09-22
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    BAYNE, Derek resigned
    director
  10. 2017-09-22
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  11. 2017-06-29
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  12. 2016-08-25
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  13. 2015-10-26
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  14. 2015-08-28
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  15. 2014-09-25
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  16. 2014-09-01
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  17. 2007-04-05
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    BAYNE, Derek appointed
    director
  18. 2006-08-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ARRAN ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION LTD.
  19. 2006-08-29
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    HAGGARTY, Karen Elise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-08-29
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    HAGGARTY, Karen Elise appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-29
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    HAGGARTY, Ronald appointed
    director
  22. 2006-08-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-08-29
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  24. 2006-08-29
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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  25. 2006-08-29
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 Ronald Haggarty
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Karen Haggarty
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant 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
Incorporated2006-08-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Bruach
Shiskine
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HAGGARTY, Karen Elise→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAGGARTY, Karen Elise→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-08-29
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Active
HAGGARTY, Ronald→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-08-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-29 · resigned 2006-08-29
Resigned
BAYNE, Derek→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-04-05 · resigned 2017-09-22
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-29 · resigned 2006-08-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-29