BAILLIE ESTATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC113077 · ltd · incorporated 1988-08-25
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.
🔒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
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 32990Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
121 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 23 | 2200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-02📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-09-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-06-13📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-06-13📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-17➖MINTO, Derek John resigneddirector
- 2021-08-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2015-04-01➕BAILLIE, Mark Gordon appointeddirector
- 2015-04-01➕MINTO, Derek John appointeddirector
- 2004-04-01➕BAILLIE, Margot Nan appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-01➖BAILLIE, Agnes Campbell resignedsecretary
- 2004-04-01➖BAILLIE, Graeme Campbell resigneddirector
- 2004-03-31➖BAILLIE, Agnes Campbell resigneddirector
- 1988-08-25🏢Company incorporatedAs BAILLIE ESTATES LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAILLIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
81/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Gordon Revie Baillie Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 01/07/2016 |
Mr Mark Gordon Baillie Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/02/2025 |
Mrs Margot Nan Baillie Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/11/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Mark Gordon Baillieceased 01/02/2025· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-08-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
184-186 Queensferry Road
Edinburgh
EH4 2BW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
BAILLIE, Margot Nan→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILLIE, Mark Gordon→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BAILLIE, Agnes Campbell→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2004-04-01
BAILLIE, Agnes Campbell→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 2004-03-31
BAILLIE, Graeme Campbell→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2004-04-01
MINTO, Derek John→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2021-08-17
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Recent filings (121 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-09-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-09-02
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-06-13