BAYHANARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC097397 · ltd · incorporated 1986-02-19
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). 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 0.7y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Newest facility, 0.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
115 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2025-11-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-11-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rwe Renewables UK Onshore Wind Limited
  5. 2025-11-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rwe Renewables UK Swindon Limited
  6. 2024-11-18
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-26
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  8. 2022-10-27
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  9. 2021-11-02
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  10. 2020-12-18
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  11. 2019-08-30
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  12. 2018-07-26
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  13. 2018-07-02
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    PETERKINS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  14. 2018-07-02
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2018-06-29
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-05
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  18. 2017-06-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2017-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2002-05-04
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    BRYAN, Alexandra Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 1997-08-28
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    BRYAN, William Edward appointed
    director
  22. 1997-08-28
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    HUNTER, Neil Cameron resigned
    director
  23. 1997-08-28
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    LUMSDEN, Hartley Wilson resigned
    director
  24. 1990-01-01
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    PETERKINS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1990-01-01
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    PETERKINS, SOLICITORS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1989-08-31
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    HUNTER, Neil Cameron appointed
    director
  27. 1986-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BAYHANARTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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 William Edward Bryan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Alexandra Margaret Bryan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-02-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Macdowall & Co Accountants
Tulloch Street
Dingwall
Ross-Shire
IV15 9JY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-12
Last: 2025-08-29

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BRYAN, Alexandra Margaret→
director · ~80y · appointed 2002-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYAN, William Edward→
director · ~84y · appointed 1997-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PETERKINS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1990-01-01 · resigned 2018-07-02
Resigned
PETERKINS, SOLICITORS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · resigned 1990-01-01
Resigned
HUNTER, Neil Cameron→
director · ~72y · appointed 1989-08-31 · resigned 1997-08-28
Resigned
LUMSDEN, Hartley Wilson→
director · ~70y · resigned 1997-08-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Rwe Renewables UK Onshore Wind
Rwe Renewables UK Onshore Wind Limited
A registered charge1 property11/11/2025—
outstanding
Rwe Renewables UK Swindon
Rwe Renewables UK Swindon Limited
A registered charge1 property11/11/2025—
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Recent filings (115 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-03