BAYHANARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC097397 · ltd · incorporated 1986-02-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 0.4y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Newest facility, 0.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-11-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rwe Renewables UK Onshore Wind Limited
  5. 2025-11-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rwe Renewables UK Swindon Limited
  6. 2024-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-02
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-02
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    PETERKINS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2018-07-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2018-06-29
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-05
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  18. 2017-06-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2017-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2002-05-04
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    BRYAN, Alexandra Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 1997-08-28
    ➕
    BRYAN, William Edward appointed
    director
  22. 1997-08-28
    ➖
    HUNTER, Neil Cameron resigned
    director
  23. 1997-08-28
    ➖
    LUMSDEN, Hartley Wilson resigned
    director
  24. 1990-01-01
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    PETERKINS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1990-01-01
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    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1989-08-31
    ➕
    HUNTER, Neil Cameron appointed
    director
  27. 1986-02-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAYHANARTS LIMITED

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 40 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 William Edward Bryan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Alexandra Margaret Bryan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1986-02-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Macdowall & Co Accountants
Tulloch Street
Dingwall
Ross-Shire
IV15 9JY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BRYAN, Alexandra Margaret→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYAN, William Edward→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETERKINS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1990-01-01 · resigned 2018-07-02
Resigned
PETERKINS, SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · resigned 1990-01-01
Resigned
HUNTER, Neil Cameron→
director · ~72y · appointed 1989-08-31 · resigned 1997-08-28
Resigned
LUMSDEN, Hartley Wilson→
director · ~70y · resigned 1997-08-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Rwe Renewables UK Onshore Wind
Rwe Renewables UK Onshore Wind Limited
A registered charge1 property11/11/2025—
outstanding
Rwe Renewables UK Swindon
Rwe Renewables UK Swindon Limited
A registered charge1 property11/11/2025—
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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-03