BENNETT GALLERIES LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC697990 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-06
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47781
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (80/100)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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-05-06🏢Company incorporatedAs BENNETT GALLERIES LIMITED
- 2021-05-06➕BENNETT, Scott Alistair appointeddirector
- 2021-05-06➕BENNETT, Susan Margaret appointeddirector
- 2021-05-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BENNETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Scott Alistair Bennett Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/05/2021 |
Mrs Susan Margaret Bennett Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/05/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| BALLIEFURTH LIMITED→ SC210113 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
| BALLINTAGGART RETAIL LIMITED→ SC869996 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BIGLY BOOKS LTD→ SC646707 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-05-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47781 — SIC 47781
Registered office
32 West High Street
Crieff
Perth & Kinross
PH7 4DL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-19
Last: 2025-05-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BENNETT, Scott Alistair→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BENNETT, Susan Margaret→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-24