BASS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC477010 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-07
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2017-08-22
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Beverly appointed
    director
  12. 2017-08-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-07-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-02-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2017-02-10
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  17. 2017-02-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2014-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BASS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD
  19. 2014-05-07
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Stewart Stirling appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Stewart Stirling Henderson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/05/2017

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
Incorporated2014-05-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

21 Forbes Place
Paisley
PA1 1UT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HENDERSON, Stewart Stirling→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-05-07
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Active
SINCLAIR, Beverly→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-08-22
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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-12-18