B & B WARRENDER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC224082 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£72.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £72,502
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,274 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£73k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£174k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£44k£87k£131k£174k£218kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£78.7k£113.6k
Current assets£173.6k£217.7k
Net assets£72.5k£91.8k

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
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
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  2. 2024-07-17
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  3. 2023-07-17
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  4. 2022-07-27
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  7. 2022-04-29
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  8. 2022-04-29
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    incorporation · MA
  9. 2022-04-29
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-04-28
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    TOAL, Jean appointed
    director
  11. 2021-07-29
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  12. 2020-12-09
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  17. 2019-07-16
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  19. 2018-10-28
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    WARRENDER, Brian appointed
    secretary
  20. 2018-10-27
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    WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews resigned
    secretary
  21. 2018-10-27
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    WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews resigned
    director
  22. 2002-01-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2001-11-01
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    WARRENDER, Brian appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-11-01
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-11-01
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    WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews appointed
    director
  27. 2001-11-01
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2001-10-09
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    Company incorporated
    As B & B WARRENDER LIMITED
  29. 2001-10-09
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-10-09
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "WARRENDER" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Warrender
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Betty Adam Bews Warrenderceased 27/10/2018· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2001-10-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

14 Toch-Hill Place
Fordoun
Laurencekirk
AB30 1NY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WARRENDER, Brian→
secretary · appointed 2018-10-28
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Active
TOAL, Jean→
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-04-28
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Active
WARRENDER, Brian→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-11-01
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Active
WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2018-10-27
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-09 · resigned 2001-11-01
Resigned
WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2018-10-27
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-09 · resigned 2001-11-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property16/01/2002—
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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-05-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-29
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04