THE BOOTH WELSH TRUST LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC859984 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-08-22
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 resolution
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-11-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-08-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE BOOTH WELSH TRUST LIMITED
  5. 2025-08-22
    LEE, Mark Wiliam appointed
    director
  6. 2025-08-22
    LESLIE, Carole appointed
    director
  7. 2025-08-22
    WELSH, Martin James appointed
    director
  8. 2025-08-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WELSH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-11-12: certificate-change-of-name-company

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2025-08-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Riverside Way
Irvine
Ayrshire
KA11 5DJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-22
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LEE, Mark Wiliam
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-08-22
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Active
LESLIE, Carole
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-08-22
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Active
WELSH, Martin James
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-08-22
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-22