BESPOKE RESOURCING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC195935 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-04
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
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 May 2025
Net worth
£2.1k
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
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,117
Net assets shrinking
Down £29 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£429£858£1k£2k£2kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£2.1k£2.1k
Current assets£2.1k£2.1k
Net assets£2.1k£2.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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  2. 2025-03-05
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  3. 2024-02-22
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  4. 2023-02-20
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  5. 2022-03-07
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  6. 2021-07-01
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-07-15
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  9. 2019-02-28
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  10. 2018-02-22
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  11. 2017-03-06
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  12. 2016-05-10
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  13. 2016-05-07
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  14. 2016-05-06
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  15. 2016-05-03
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  16. 2015-07-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2004-01-30
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    CAREY, Eileen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-01-30
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    PATERSON, Craig Steel appointed
    director
  19. 2004-01-30
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    PATERSON, Alan David resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BESPOKE RESOURCING LIMITED
  21. 1999-05-04
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    CAREY, Eileen appointed
    director
  22. 1999-05-04
    ➕
    PATERSON, Alan David appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Steel Paterson
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/05/2016

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
Incorporated1999-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

15 Brierie Hill Road
Crosslee
Johnstone
PA6 7AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CAREY, Eileen→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-30
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Active
CAREY, Eileen→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-05-04
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Active
PATERSON, Craig Steel→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-01-30
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Active
PATERSON, Alan David→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-04 · resigned 2004-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2026-02-23
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2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2025-03-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
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accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
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accounts · AA
2023-02-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
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accounts · AA
2022-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14
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accounts · AA
2019-07-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-25