ABERFOYLE SATELLITE CO. LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC350255 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-22

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	400	300

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-30
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KENNEDY, Saul appointed
director
2023-08-20
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MCCANN, Paul Edward resigned
director
2023-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2008-10-22
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Company incorporated
As ABERFOYLE SATELLITE CO. LTD.
2008-10-22
➕
KENNEDY, Jodie appointed
secretary
2008-10-22
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KENNEDY, Joseph appointed
director
2008-10-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-10-22
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-10-22
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MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
director
2008-10-22
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MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
director
2008-10-22
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MCCANN, Paul Edward appointed
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KENNEDY, Saul (same surname) appointed 2023-09-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Saul Kennedy Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	30/09/2023
Mr Joseph Kennedy Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Paul Edward Mccannceased 28/11/2023· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2008-10-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

3 Hillside Trossachs Road

Aberfoyle

FK8 3SW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-05

Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KENNEDY, Jodie→

secretary · appointed 2008-10-22

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Active

KENNEDY, Joseph→

director · ~69y · appointed 2008-10-22

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Active

KENNEDY, Saul→

director · ~39y · appointed 2023-09-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-22 · resigned 2008-10-22

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen George→

director · ~76y · appointed 2008-10-22 · resigned 2008-10-22

Resigned

MCCANN, Paul Edward→

director · ~49y · appointed 2008-10-22 · resigned 2023-08-20

Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-28

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-06-03

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-06-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-07-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-07-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-21

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-11-30

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-24

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-10-09

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-10-02

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-10-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-21