BEINN RATHA ENGINEERING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC240127 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-26
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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. 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 (75/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees100100

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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  2. 2024-08-30
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-08-30
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  5. 2021-08-23
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  6. 2020-08-31
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  7. 2019-06-18
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  8. 2018-07-16
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  9. 2017-11-30
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  10. 2017-11-28
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    COLVIN, Fiona Heather resigned
    secretary
  11. 2017-06-01
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  12. 2016-06-21
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  13. 2015-12-29
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  14. 2015-08-31
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  15. 2014-12-16
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  16. 2014-07-18
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  17. 2003-01-14
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    MACKAY, Donald Stewart Alexander resigned
    secretary
  18. 2002-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BEINN RATHA ENGINEERING LIMITED
  19. 2002-11-26
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    MACKAY, Donald Stewart Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-26
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    COLVIN, Fiona Heather appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-11-26
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    MACKAY, Donald Stewart Alexander appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-11-26
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    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-11-26
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    FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2002-11-26
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    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2002-11-26
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    FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Donald Stewart Alexander Mackay
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence25/11/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33130 — SIC 33130

Registered office

11 Edzell Way
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8FL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MACKAY, Donald Stewart Alexander→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLVIN, Fiona Heather→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2017-11-28
Resigned
MACKAY, Donald Stewart Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2003-01-14
Resigned
FORMATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2002-11-26
Resigned
FORMATION NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-11-26 · resigned 2002-11-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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2025-12-11
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2025-07-30
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2024-12-03
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2024-08-30
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2024-01-05
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2023-08-31
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2022-12-12
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2022-08-30
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2021-12-12
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2021-08-23
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2020-12-07
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2020-08-31
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2019-12-05
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2019-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-05