BUILDING CRAFTSMEN (YEOVIL) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC104994 · ltd · incorporated 1987-06-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 30.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£2.32M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 30.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
96 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,321,624
Net assets shrinking
Down £167,057 YoY
Cash YoY
+39%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£981k
↑ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£2.3m
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£2.3m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.36M | £2.51M |
| Current assets | £2.31M | £2.60M |
| Cash | £981.5k | £704.6k |
| Debtors | £659.3k | £617.6k |
| Net assets | £2.32M | £2.49M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-25📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-11-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-12-17➖HEWITSON, Neil resignedsecretary
- 2007-09-01➕HEWITSON, Neil appointeddirector
- 1996-12-04➖HEWITSON, David resignedsecretary
- 1996-12-04➕HEWITSON, Neil appointedsecretary
- 1996-01-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1995-11-17➕HEWITSON, David appointedsecretary
- 1995-11-17➖HEWITSON, David resignedsecretary
- 1995-11-17➖HEWITSON, David resigneddirector
- 1987-06-04🏢Company incorporatedAs BUILDING CRAFTSMEN (YEOVIL) LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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
cleanNo 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 William James Hewitson Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Neil Hewitson Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Registered office
The Hollies
Peatford
Lockerbie
DG11 1BJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
HEWITSON, Neil→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2007-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEWITSON, David→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1996-12-04
HEWITSON, David→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-11-17
HEWITSON, Neil→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-12-04 · resigned 2008-12-17
HEWITSON, David→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 1995-11-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 21/01/1996 | — |
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Recent filings (96 total)
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2025-10-30
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2025-05-28
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2024-11-07
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2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-05-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2021-05-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-07