BENNACHIE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC150006 · ltd · incorporated 1994-03-31
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£42
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -43% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £42
Very low cash
Cash position: £42
Net assets shrinking
Down £32 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 43% YoY
Cash YoY
-43%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42
↓ 43% YoY
Net Worth
£42
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£42
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15£30£44£59£74Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£42£74
Current assets£42£74
Cash£42£74
Net assets£42£74

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-05-07
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2024-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-27
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  13. 2021-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    BURNETT & REID LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2012-09-30
    ➖
    BURNETT & REID resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 1994-03-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BENNACHIE SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 1994-03-31
    ➕
    PINSENT, Glenn appointed
    director
  21. 1994-03-31
    ➕
    PINSENT, Rosemary Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 1994-03-31
    ➕
    BURNETT & REID appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1994-03-31
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Alastair Ogston appointed
    director
  24. 1994-03-31
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Alastair Ogston resigned
    director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — 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 81 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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 Glenn Pinsent
Individual · British · DOB 08/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Rosemary Margaret Pinsent
Individual · British · DOB 11/1945 · age 81
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
Incorporated1994-03-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Suite A
1 Albyn Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1BR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BURNETT & REID LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PINSENT, Glenn→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PINSENT, Rosemary Margaret→
director · ~81y · appointed 1994-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNETT & REID→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1994-03-31 · resigned 2012-09-30
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Alastair Ogston→
director · ~80y · appointed 1994-03-31 · resigned 1994-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-07
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-12