BAIRD COMPRESSED AIR LIMITED

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SC367863 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-02
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
—
year to Mar 2024
Net worth
£66.8k
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £66,824

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£80k
Net Worth
£67k
Current Assets
£115k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31
Total assets£66.8k
Current assets£115.1k
Cash£80.4k
Debtors£33.7k
Net assets£66.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-28
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2009-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BAIRD COMPRESSED AIR LIMITED
  16. 2009-11-02
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    BAIRD, Thomas appointed
    director

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAIRD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Thomas Baird
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares02/11/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

6 Loch Park
Wishaw
North Lanarkshire
ML2 7EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BAIRD, Thomas→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-11-02
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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-05