BUCHAN CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08297447 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-19
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 10.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£191.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
43 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
75
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 £191,909

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£192k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£38k£77k£115k£154k£192kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£191.9k£191.1k
Current assets—£64
Net assets£191.9k£191.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2019-01-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-01-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2019-01-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2019-01-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  14. 2018-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-07-31
    ➖
    FOSTER, Christopher John resigned
    director
  18. 2015-11-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Buchan Concrete Solutions Limited
  19. 2015-11-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Chargill (Holdings) LTD
  20. 2015-11-05
    ➕
    PRATT, Martin appointed
    director
  21. 2015-11-05
    ➕
    FOSTER, Christopher John appointed
    director
  22. 2012-11-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BUCHAN CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED
  23. 2012-11-19
    ➕
    BROWN, Robert Alec appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 14 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Chargill (Holdings) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Chargill (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BUCHAN CONCRETE PRODUCTS LIMITED
This company · 08297447

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chargill (Holdings) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/01/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Chargill Limitedceased 24/01/2019· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2012-11-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Sycamore House
Ryder Close
Swadlincote
DE11 9EU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BROWN, Robert Alec→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRATT, Martin→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOSTER, Christopher John→
director · ~51y · appointed 2015-11-05 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Buchan Concrete Solutions
Buchan Concrete Solutions Limited
A registered charge—06/11/201524/01/2019
outstanding
Chargill (Holdings)
Chargill (Holdings) LTD
A registered charge5 properties06/11/2015—
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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-04