BODESWELL CONSULTANCY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC649996 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-19
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£19.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 £19,254
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,598 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£19k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£9k£18k£27k£36k£45kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£20.5k£29.1k
Current assets£34.6k£45.0k
Net assets£19.3k£27.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
11
filings
  • 4 resolution
  • 2 officers
  • 2 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2025-12-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-11-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-11-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2025-11-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-11-19
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2025-10-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2025-10-29
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2024-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-10-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BODESWELL CONSULTANCY LTD
  18. 2019-12-19
    BODIE, Jennifer appointed
    director
  19. 2019-12-19
    BODIE, Kenneth Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2019-12-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jennifer Bodie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/12/2019

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
Incorporated2019-12-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

19 Thistle Street
Carnoustie
DD7 7PR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BODIE, Jennifer
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-12-19
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Active
BODIE, Kenneth Richard
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-12-19
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18