BANNATYNE LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC197151 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-11
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
£760.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 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 £760,084
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£680k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£760k
↑ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£800k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£160k£320k£480k£640k£800kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£760.1k£738.5k
Current assets£799.8k£799.9k
Cash£679.9k£686.3k
Debtors£104.8k£98.6k
Net assets£760.1k£738.5k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-11
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
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  6. 2022-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-31
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2018-12-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-05-19
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    BANNATYNE, Craig Henry appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-05-19
    ➖
    BANNATYNE, Catherine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-06-08
    ➕
    BANNATYNE, Catherine appointed
    director
  20. 2001-06-08
    ➖
    HAYHURST, Robert John Lyle resigned
    director
  21. 2001-06-07
    ➕
    BANNATYNE, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-06-07
    ➖
    BANNATYNE, Craig Henry resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-06
    ➕
    BANNATYNE, Craig Henry appointed
    director
  24. 2000-10-19
    ➖
    HAYHURST, Patricia resigned
    director
  25. 2000-03-14
    ➕
    HAYHURST, Robert John Lyle appointed
    director
  26. 1999-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BANNATYNE LTD.
  27. 1999-06-11
    ➕
    BANNATYNE, Craig Henry appointed
    secretary
  28. 1999-06-11
    ➕
    HAYHURST, Patricia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BANNATYNE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63. 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 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Henry Bannatyne
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting11/06/2017

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
Incorporated1999-06-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

29 Burnhouse Drive
Whitburn
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH47 0NX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-14
Last: 2025-05-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BANNATYNE, Craig Henry→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANNATYNE, Catherine→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANNATYNE, Craig Henry→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANNATYNE, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-07 · resigned 2009-05-19
Resigned
BANNATYNE, Craig Henry→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-11 · resigned 2001-06-07
Resigned
HAYHURST, Patricia→
director · ~82y · appointed 1999-06-11 · resigned 2000-10-19
Resigned
HAYHURST, Robert John Lyle→
director · ~87y · appointed 2000-03-14 · resigned 2001-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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2025-10-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23