ANGUS BUCHANAN WORKSHOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06147398 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-08
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£9k£18k£27k£36k£45kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£3.3k
Current assets—£45.1k
Net assets—£3.3k
Average employees3—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-03-14
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  17. 2007-03-14
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  18. 2007-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGUS BUCHANAN WORKSHOP LIMITED
  19. 2007-03-08
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Kenneth Angus Grey appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-03-08
    ➕
    BUCHANAN, Fraser Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2007-03-08
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    BUCHANAN, Kenneth Angus Grey appointed
    director
  22. 2007-03-08
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-03-08
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Fraser Alexander Buchanan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Kenneth Angus Grey Buchanan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

St Christophers Cottage Nayland Road
Leavenheath
Colchester
Essex
CO6 4PH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BUCHANAN, Kenneth Angus Grey→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHANAN, Fraser Alexander→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHANAN, Kenneth Angus Grey→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-08 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-08 · resigned 2007-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-02