BODY REPAIR SERVICES (EARLSTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC049880 · ltd · incorporated 1972-01-28
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£19.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,807

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£20k
Current Assets
£13k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£21.3k—
Current assets£13.0k—
Net assets£19.8k—
Average employees—200

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    FAIRBAIRN, Sandy John resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-19
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    FAIRBAIRN, Sandy John appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2019-03-31
    ➕
    FAIRBAIRN, Myra appointed
    director
  15. 2019-03-31
    ➖
    THOM, Laura resigned
    secretary
  16. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  18. 2016-10-28
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  19. 2016-04-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  20. 1999-02-01
    ➖
    FAIRBAIRN, Alice Ann resigned
    secretary
  21. 1999-02-01
    ➕
    THOM, Laura appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-02-01
    ➖
    FAIRBAIRN, Alice Ann resigned
    director
  23. 1997-03-15
    ➕
    FAIRBAIRN, Warren John appointed
    director
  24. 1997-03-15
    ➖
    FAIRBAIRN, John Fortune resigned
    director
  25. 1972-01-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BODY REPAIR SERVICES (EARLSTON) LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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 Warren John Fairbairn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57
50–75%
—50-75% shares19/03/2017

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
Incorporated1972-01-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Industrial Estate
Station Road
Earlston
Berwickshire
TD4 6BZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FAIRBAIRN, Myra→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-03-31
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Active
FAIRBAIRN, Warren John→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FAIRBAIRN, Alice Ann→
secretary · resigned 1999-02-01
Resigned
THOM, Laura→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2019-03-31
Resigned
FAIRBAIRN, Alice Ann→
director · ~88y · resigned 1999-02-01
Resigned
FAIRBAIRN, John Fortune→
director · ~90y · resigned 1997-03-15
Resigned
FAIRBAIRN, Sandy John→
director · ~29y · appointed 2025-06-19 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24