BEARYARDS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC777650 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-01
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
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: First-degree level higher education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 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
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,996
Net assets shrinking
Down £941 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£591£1k£2k£2k£3kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£2.1k£2.9k
Cash£1.6k£3.0k
Net assets£2.0k£2.9k

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

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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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-16
    GRAHAM, Christine resigned
    director
  4. 2024-01-16
    GRAHAM, Robin William Craig resigned
    director
  5. 2024-01-16
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-01-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-10-30
    GRAHAM, Christine appointed
    director
  8. 2023-10-30
    GRAHAM, Robin William Craig appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEARYARDS LIMITED
  12. 2023-08-01
    GRAHAM, William George, Dr appointed
    director
  13. 2023-08-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Dr William George Graham
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85421 — First-degree level higher education

Registered office

16 Broadleys Avenue
Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
G64 3AQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

GRAHAM, William George, Dr
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Active
GRAHAM, Christine
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-10-30 · resigned 2024-01-16
Resigned
GRAHAM, Robin William Craig
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-10-30 · resigned 2024-01-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-01