BEATON ENGINEERING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC436205 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-06
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), 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: 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees000

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
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-05
    BEATON, Roxanna resigned
    director
  5. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-11-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-11-08
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-11-08
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    address · AD01
  18. 2017-06-07
    BEATON, Roxanna appointed
    director
  19. 2012-11-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEATON ENGINEERING LIMITED
  20. 2012-11-06
    BEATON, Donald Fraser appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 "BEATON" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
Mrs Roxanna Beaton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/06/2017
Mr Donald Fraser Beaton
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
2550%
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Forbes House
36 Huntly Street
Inverness
IV3 5PR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BEATON, Donald Fraser
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-11-06
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Active
BEATON, Roxanna
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-06-07 · resigned 2025-11-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-18