BORDERS AREA SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC222153 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-13

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£62.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46760

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

78200Temporary employment agency activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (4 active, 16 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £62,816

Cash YoY

-29%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£68k

↓ 29% YoY

Net Worth

£63k

↑ 3.5% YoY

Current Assets

£122k

↓ 6.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£62.8k	£60.7k
Current assets	£121.7k	£129.4k
Cash	£67.8k	£94.8k
Debtors	£53.1k	£34.2k
Net assets	£62.8k	£60.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2024-11-04
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2023-10-18
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accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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2021-10-22
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accounts · AA
2021-03-15
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accounts · AA
2020-01-27
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accounts · AA
2018-12-07
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accounts · AA
2018-10-17
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officers · CH01
2018-10-16
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officers · AP01
2018-10-16
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officers · AP01
2018-05-30
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SHANKS, James William appointed
director
2018-05-30
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WILLIAMS, Sion Eilian appointed
director
2017-11-29
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accounts · AA
2017-03-14
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officers · TM01
2017-01-25
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address · AD01
2016-11-02
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WAUCHOPE, James Andrew resigned
director
2016-10-27
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accounts · AA
2014-10-01
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ROBERTSON, Sheila Mary Gall resigned
director
2006-11-01
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LEE, Guy Knyvett appointed
director
2006-11-01
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LOGAN, Gavin resigned
director
2005-11-02
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JACKSON, Fenwick Grange resigned
director
2005-11-02
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LOGAN, Gavin appointed
director
2004-11-24
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BAYNE, Michael Robert appointed
secretary
2004-10-29
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ORR, Michael resigned
secretary
2004-10-27
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RAMSAY, Francis Taylor resigned
director
2003-12-18
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PAXTON, Robert Eric resigned
director
2003-12-18
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ROBERTSON, Sheila Mary Gall appointed
director
2003-12-18
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WAUCHOPE, James Andrew appointed
director
2003-03-19
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CRAIG, Iain resigned
director
2002-01-23
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CRAIG, Iain appointed
director
2002-01-23
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JACKSON, Fenwick Grange appointed
director
2001-11-21
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ORR, Michael appointed
secretary
2001-11-21
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ROBERTSON, Sheila Mary Gall resigned
secretary
2001-11-21
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CRANSTON, Alastair Gerald, Mr. resigned
director
2001-11-21
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PAXTON, Robert Eric appointed
director
2001-11-21
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RAMSAY, Francis Taylor appointed
director
2001-08-13
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Company incorporated
As BORDERS AREA SERVICES LIMITED
2001-08-13
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ROBERTSON, Sheila Mary Gall appointed
secretary
2001-08-13
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-13
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-13
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CRANSTON, Alastair Gerald, Mr. appointed
director
2001-08-13
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-08-13
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Group structure

Borders Machinery Ring Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Borders Machinery Ring Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BORDERS AREA SERVICES LIMITED

This company · SC222153

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Borders Machinery Ring Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-08-13

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

Leader House

Mill Road

Earlston

TD4 6DG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-23

Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (4 active · 12 resigned)

BAYNE, Michael Robert→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-24

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Active

LEE, Guy Knyvett→

director · ~74y · appointed 2006-11-01

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Active

SHANKS, James William→

director · ~47y · appointed 2018-05-30

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Active

WILLIAMS, Sion Eilian→

director · ~50y · appointed 2018-05-30

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Active

ORR, Michael→

secretary · appointed 2001-11-21 · resigned 2004-10-29

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Sheila Mary Gall→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2001-11-21

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2001-08-13

Resigned

CRAIG, Iain→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2003-03-19

Resigned

CRANSTON, Alastair Gerald, Mr.→

director · ~77y · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2001-11-21

Resigned

JACKSON, Fenwick Grange→

director · ~79y · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2005-11-02

Resigned

LOGAN, Gavin→

director · ~82y · appointed 2005-11-02 · resigned 2006-11-01

Resigned

PAXTON, Robert Eric→

director · ~69y · appointed 2001-11-21 · resigned 2003-12-18

Resigned

RAMSAY, Francis Taylor→

director · ~86y · appointed 2001-11-21 · resigned 2004-10-27

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Sheila Mary Gall→

director · ~64y · appointed 2003-12-18 · resigned 2014-10-01

Resigned

WAUCHOPE, James Andrew→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-12-18 · resigned 2016-11-02

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2001-08-13

Resigned

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