BACKWOODSMAN ENGINEERING LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC373947 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-02
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-10-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Scottish Ministers
- 2024-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-01➕MCINTYRE, Claire Lilias appointeddirector
- 2023-04-01➖MCINTYRE, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2010-03-03➕MCINTYRE, Timothy appointedsecretary
- 2010-03-03➕MCINTYRE, Timothy John appointeddirector
- 2010-03-03➕MCINTYRE, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2010-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs BACKWOODSMAN ENGINEERING LTD
- 2010-03-02➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
- 2010-03-02➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
19/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCINTYRE, Claire Lilias (same surname) appointed 2023-04-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Timothy John Mcintyre Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Claire Lilias Mcintyre Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/04/2026 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
The Old Surgery
School Road
Tarbert
Argyll
PA29 6UL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
MCINTYRE, Claire Lilias→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCINTYRE, Timothy John→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-03-02 · resigned 2010-03-02
MCINTYRE, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · appointed 2010-03-03 · resigned 2023-04-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Scottish Ministers | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/10/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-09