BOYD HYDRAULICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC222275 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-16

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£68.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £68,689

Cash YoY

+23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£39k

↑ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£69k

↑ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£104k

↑ 3.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£68.7k	£57.5k
Current assets	£104.0k	£100.8k
Cash	£39.2k	£31.9k
Debtors	£64.8k	£69.0k
Net assets	£68.7k	£57.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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2024-11-28
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2023-11-10
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2022-10-21
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2021-10-14
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accounts · AA
2020-10-21
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2019-10-18
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2018-10-24
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accounts · AA
2017-10-04
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accounts · AA
2016-10-26
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accounts · AA
2015-10-26
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accounts · AA
2015-08-19
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annual-return · AR01
2014-10-24
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accounts · AA
2014-08-31
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annual-return · AR01
2013-10-22
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accounts · AA
2009-08-14
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BOYD, Shirley Ann appointed
secretary
2009-08-14
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2001-08-16
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Company incorporated
As BOYD HYDRAULICS LIMITED
2001-08-16
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BOYD, David William John appointed
director
2001-08-16
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BOYD, Shirley Ann appointed
director
2001-08-16
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CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2001-08-16
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2001-08-16
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MMA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 "BOYD" — 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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David William John Boyd Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2001-08-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

2 Wheatland

Pitmedden

Ellon

Aberdeenshire

AB41 7GG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-28

Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOYD, Shirley Ann→

secretary · appointed 2009-08-14

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Active

BOYD, David William John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2001-08-16

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Active

BOYD, Shirley Ann→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-08-16

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Active

CLP SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2009-08-14

Resigned

MMA NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-08-16

Resigned

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