24 BEACON LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC558891 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£20k£40k£60k£79k£99kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£60.0k£99.2k
Net assets£2£2

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-08-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2018-05-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2017-03-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 24 BEACON LTD
  18. 2017-02-28
    MCGOWAN, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2017-02-28
    MCGOWAN, Heather Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Heather Louise Mcgowan
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2017
Mr Andrew Mcgowan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2017

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
Incorporated2017-02-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Second Floor Airbles House
270 Airbles Road
Motherwell
ML1 3AT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCGOWAN, Andrew
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-02-28
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Active
MCGOWAN, Heather Louise
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-02-28
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-24