BILLY BLACK ELECTRICAL LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC418363 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-02
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  2. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-07
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2018-03-07
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2012-03-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BILLY BLACK ELECTRICAL LTD.
  18. 2012-03-02
    ➕
    BLACK JNR, William appointed
    director
  19. 2012-03-02
    ➕
    BLACK SNR, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Black Jnr
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr William Black Snr
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-03-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

13 Ptak Way
Bridge Of Earn
Perth
PH2 9FT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLACK JNR, William→
director · ~47y · appointed 2012-03-02
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Active
BLACK SNR, William→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-03-02
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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12