A. BUCHANAN CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02910751 · ltd · incorporated 1994-03-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£640.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 30.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
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
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 £640,812
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£762k
↓ 4.8% YoY
Net Worth
£641k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£251k£502k£753k£1.0m£1.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£672.5k£586.4k
Current assets£1.26M£1.09M
Cash£761.6k£799.8k
Debtors£272.5k£218.4k
Net assets£640.8k£553.5k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-04
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2022-11-07
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  5. 2022-06-27
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  6. 2022-06-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2021-10-29
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  8. 2020-12-03
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  9. 2019-12-23
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  10. 2018-12-22
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  11. 2017-12-19
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  12. 2016-12-12
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  13. 2016-09-05
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  14. 2016-08-31
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2016-08-30
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  16. 2016-05-03
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  17. 1996-03-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 1994-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A. BUCHANAN CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  19. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Mandy appointed
    secretary
  20. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Mandy appointed
    director
  22. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1994-03-21
    ➕
    SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS (DELAWARE) INC appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1994-03-21
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    SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1994-03-15
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    SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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  26. 1994-03-15
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    SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS (DELAWARE) INC resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1994-03-15
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    SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUCHANAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Buchanan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Mandy Buchanan
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1994-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Woodlands Farm
Wood St Village
Guildford
Surrey
GU3 3DU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BUCHANAN, Mandy→
secretary · appointed 1994-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHANAN, Andrew→
director · ~63y · appointed 1994-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHANAN, Mandy→
director · ~62y · appointed 1994-03-21
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Active
SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-03-21 · resigned 1994-03-15
Resigned
SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS (DELAWARE) INC→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-03-21 · resigned 1994-03-15
Resigned
SPENCER COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-03-21 · resigned 1994-03-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property28/03/199627/06/2022

Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23