BACHLAW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC364803 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£4.91M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.5y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (87/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £4,914,157
Cash YoY
+139%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.0m
↑ 139% YoY
Net Worth
£4.9m
↑ 7.9% YoY
Current Assets
£3.9m
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£983k£2.0m£2.9m£3.9m£4.9mSept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£4.99M£4.65M£4.56M
Current assets£3.89M£2.97M£2.86M
Cash£1.03M£431.7k£400.5k
Debtors£2.85M£2.53M£2.45M
Net assets£4.91M£4.56M£4.46M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-06-27
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  4. 2024-09-02
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  5. 2023-06-19
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  6. 2022-09-12
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  7. 2021-05-11
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  9. 2021-05-10
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  10. 2020-09-10
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  11. 2020-06-04
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  12. 2020-06-04
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  15. 2020-06-04
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  16. 2019-05-30
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  17. 2018-07-30
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  18. 2014-04-06
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    MCLEAY, James Watt appointed
    director
  19. 2014-04-06
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    MCLEAY, John Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2012-06-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2010-07-13
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    PIRIE, George Copland resigned
    director
  22. 2010-07-13
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    WEST, David resigned
    director
  23. 2009-12-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2009-11-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2009-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BACHLAW LIMITED
  26. 2009-09-01
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    DAVIS, Sarah Lynne appointed
    secretary
  27. 2009-09-01
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    DAVIS, Sarah Lynne appointed
    director
  28. 2009-09-01
    ➕
    MCLEAY, Hamish Watt appointed
    director
  29. 2009-09-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2009-09-01
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2009-09-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  32. 2009-09-01
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  33. 2009-09-01
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    PIRIE, George Copland appointed
    director
  34. 2009-09-01
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    WEST, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hamish Watt Mcleay
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Lynne Davis
Individual · British · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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
Incorporated2009-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87200 — Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Registered office

Victoria House
13 Victoria Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1XB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

DAVIS, Sarah Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-01
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Active
DAVIS, Sarah Lynne→
director · ~47y · appointed 2009-09-01
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Active
MCLEAY, Hamish Watt→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-01
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Active
MCLEAY, James Watt→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-04-06
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Active
MCLEAY, John Stephen→
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-04-06
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2009-09-01
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2009-09-01
Resigned
PIRIE, George Copland→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2010-07-13
Resigned
WEST, David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2010-07-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property15/06/2012—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property02/12/2009—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property05/11/2009—
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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05