BAUTEIL ENGINEERING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC393144 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-09
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£2.52M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
42 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,515,586
Cash draining
Cash down 61% YoY
Cash YoY
-61%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£286k
↓ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£2.5m
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£2.6m
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£513k£1.0m£1.5m£2.1m£2.6mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£2.52M£2.44M
Current assets£2.56M£2.48M
Cash£286.3k£742.0k
Debtors£2.26M£1.72M
Net assets£2.52M£2.44M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2022-08-08
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-09-11
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    address · AD01
  7. 2020-06-18
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  8. 2019-08-30
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  9. 2018-06-06
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  10. 2017-11-13
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  11. 2017-11-13
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  12. 2017-09-13
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  13. 2016-10-18
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  14. 2016-02-12
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  15. 2015-09-02
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  16. 2011-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BAUTEIL ENGINEERING LTD.
  17. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Lynn appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Gary Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    KENNEDY, Lynn appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2011-02-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2011-02-09
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-09
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Gary Alexander Kennedy
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

15 Ledcameroch Crescent
Bearsden
Glasgow
East Dunbartonshire
G61 4AD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KENNEDY, Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-09
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Active
KENNEDY, Gary Alexander→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-09
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Active
KENNEDY, Lynn→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-09
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-02-09
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-02-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
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accounts · AA
2025-11-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
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accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
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accounts · AA
2022-08-08
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-30