ALEXANDRIA BUCHANAN LTD.

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SC393639 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-99.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £99,635
Very low cash
Cash position: £9
Cash YoY
+350%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9
↑ 350% YoY
Net Worth
-£100k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↑ 982150% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£102k-£78k-£54k-£29k-£5k£20kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-95.5k£-93.9k
Current assets£19.6k£2
Cash£9£2
Debtors£19.6k—
Net assets£-99.6k£-102.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-13
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  2. 2025-10-29
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  3. 2024-10-02
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  4. 2023-10-27
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  5. 2022-09-14
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  6. 2021-09-13
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  7. 2021-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-15
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    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-01-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-01-15
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-10-31
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  12. 2019-06-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-06-03
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-06-03
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  15. 2019-06-03
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  16. 2019-06-03
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2019-06-01
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    BROWN, Gillian Fiona Campbell appointed
    director
  18. 2019-06-01
    ➕
    NEILL, Jenna Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-02-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDRIA BUCHANAN LTD.
  21. 2011-02-16
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Daryle Fraser appointed
    director
  22. 2011-02-16
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2011-02-16
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2011-02-16
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  25. 2011-02-16
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

60/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Gillian Fiona Campbell Brown
Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2019
Ms Jenna Louise Neill
Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2019
Mr Daryle Fraser Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42
25–50%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2011-02-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Dundas Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6QG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Gillian Fiona Campbell→
director · ~40y · appointed 2019-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIDSON, Daryle Fraser→
director · ~42y · appointed 2011-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEILL, Jenna Louise→
director · ~36y · appointed 2019-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2011-02-16
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2011-02-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-01-15