BAIRD'S (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC708170 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-31
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£4.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
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
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.4y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
21 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,955

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
Net Worth
£4k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Cash£20.0k—
Net assets£4.0k—
Average employees—400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-08-30
    ➖
    FORSYTH, Douglas Ross resigned
    director
  7. 2023-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-12-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2021-12-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2021-11-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  12. 2021-11-26
    ➕
    BAIRD, Robert Mackie appointed
    director
  13. 2021-11-26
    ➕
    HOLMES, Chris appointed
    director
  14. 2021-11-26
    ➕
    FORSYTH, Douglas Ross appointed
    director
  15. 2021-11-26
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-11-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-11-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2021-11-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2021-11-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  20. 2021-11-26
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  21. 2021-11-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2021-08-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAIRD'S (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED
  23. 2021-08-31
    ➕
    BAIRD, Nicol Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2021-08-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAIRD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BAIRD, Nicol Robert (same surname) appointed 2021-08-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Baird's Pharmacy Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Baird's Pharmacy Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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BAIRD'S (NEWCASTLE) LIMITED
This company · SC708170

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Baird's Pharmacy Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control31/08/2021
Mr Chris Holmes
Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/11/2021

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
Incorporated2021-08-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

302-308 Clifton Road
Aberdeen
AB24 4HP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BAIRD, Nicol Robert→
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAIRD, Robert Mackie→
director · ~75y · appointed 2021-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMES, Chris→
director · ~48y · appointed 2021-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORSYTH, Douglas Ross→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-11-26 · resigned 2023-08-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—30/11/2021—
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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-26