B & S TAYLOR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC269636 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-21

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 Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Removal services

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Total assets	—	£12.1k
Current assets	—	£15.2k
Cash	—	£11.3k
Debtors	—	£3.9k
Net assets	—	£9.5k
Average employees	0	—

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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2025-03-03
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accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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accounts · AA
2023-02-17
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accounts · AA
2022-01-31
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accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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accounts · AA
2020-10-09
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accounts · AA
2020-04-14
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address · AD01
2019-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-20
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-12
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accounts · AA
2015-06-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-06-20
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annual-return · AR01
2004-06-21
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Company incorporated
As B & S TAYLOR LIMITED
2004-06-21
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TAYLOR, Stella Elizabeth Harrison appointed
secretary
2004-06-21
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TAYLOR, Stella Elizabeth Harrison appointed
director
2004-06-21
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TAYLOR, William Ayton appointed
director
2004-06-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100

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 "TAYLOR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Ayton Taylor Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Stella Elizabeth Harrison Taylor Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

20 Station Rise

Lochwinnoch

Renfrewshire

PA12 4NA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-04

Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

TAYLOR, Stella Elizabeth Harrison→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-21

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Active

TAYLOR, Stella Elizabeth Harrison→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-06-21

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Active

TAYLOR, William Ayton→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-06-21

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2004-06-21

Resigned

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