BASTION SERVICES LIMITED

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SC197683 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees400500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-06-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-04-30
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    WALLACE, Brian James resigned
    director
  10. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-04-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2018-11-30
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    BUIST, Joseph appointed
    director
  14. 2018-11-30
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    ALEXANDER, Brian resigned
    director
  15. 2018-11-30
    ➕
    WALLACE, Brian James appointed
    director
  16. 2018-11-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-11-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-11-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2018-11-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2012-07-03
    ➖
    THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Stewart resigned
    director
  24. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, James Lyall resigned
    director
  25. 2005-10-02
    ➖
    EDWARDS, Ian Charles resigned
    director
  26. 2004-12-01
    ➕
    THORNTONS LAW LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2000-01-26
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, James Lyall appointed
    director
  29. 1999-08-23
    ➕
    ALEXANDER, Brian appointed
    director
  30. 1999-08-23
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Stewart appointed
    director
  31. 1999-08-23
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Ian Charles appointed
    director
  32. 1999-08-23
    ➖
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    nominee-director
  33. 1999-06-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BASTION SERVICES LIMITED
  34. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  35. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
    nominee-director

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Castle Bastion Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Castle Bastion Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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BASTION SERVICES LIMITED
This company · SC197683

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Castle Bastion Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
50–75%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/11/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian Alexanderceased 30/11/2018· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated1999-06-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities

Registered office

11 Claypotts Terrace
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
Tayside
DD5 1LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

BUIST, Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORNTONS LAW LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2012-07-03
Resigned
THORNTONS WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
ALEXANDER, Brian→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-08-23 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
ANDERSON, Stewart→
director · ~83y · appointed 1999-08-23 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
EDWARDS, Ian Charles→
director · ~85y · appointed 1999-08-23 · resigned 2005-10-02
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-08-23
Resigned
ROBERTSON, James Lyall→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-01-26 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
WALLACE, Brian James→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-11-30 · resigned 2020-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12