D & L ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC330636 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-08
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£10.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,632
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,048 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£11k
↓ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£39k£49kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£12.9k£38.1k
Current assets£27.8k£49.3k
Cash£20.6k£37.9k
Debtors£7.2k£11.5k
Net assets£10.6k£31.7k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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  2. 2024-06-21
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  3. 2023-06-27
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  4. 2022-07-01
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    STEWART, Sarah resigned
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  5. 2022-07-01
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  6. 2022-07-01
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  7. 2022-06-30
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  8. 2022-05-30
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  9. 2021-06-25
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  10. 2020-06-19
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  11. 2019-05-14
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  12. 2018-06-05
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  13. 2017-02-13
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  14. 2016-05-11
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  15. 2015-09-21
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  16. 2015-01-09
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  17. 2014-10-01
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    STEWART, Sarah appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-03-03
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    BRADLEY, Lisa resigned
    director
  19. 2007-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As D & L ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD.
  20. 2007-09-08
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-09-08
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Derek Archibald appointed
    director
  22. 2007-09-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-09-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-09-08
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    BRADLEY, Lisa appointed
    director
  25. 2007-09-08
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2007-09-08
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Derek Archibald Bradley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · 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
Incorporated2007-09-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

5 Fernlea Drive
Windygates
Fife
KY8 5FB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BRADLEY, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2007-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Derek Archibald→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2022-07-01
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-09-08 · resigned 2007-09-08
Resigned
BRADLEY, Lisa→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-09-08 · resigned 2010-03-03
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-09-08 · resigned 2007-09-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2025-06-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
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accounts · AA
2024-06-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-07-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-19