BUILDING CRAFTSMEN (YEOVIL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC104994 · ltd · incorporated 1987-06-04

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 30.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£2.32M

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

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 30.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £2,321,624

Net assets shrinking

Down £167,057 YoY

Cash YoY

+39%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£981k

↑ 39% YoY

Net Worth

£2.3m

↓ 6.7% YoY

Current Assets

£2.3m

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£2.36M	£2.51M
Current assets	£2.31M	£2.60M
Cash	£981.5k	£704.6k
Debtors	£659.3k	£617.6k
Net assets	£2.32M	£2.49M

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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2008-12-17
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HEWITSON, Neil resigned
secretary
2007-09-01
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HEWITSON, Neil appointed
director
1996-12-04
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HEWITSON, David resigned
secretary
1996-12-04
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HEWITSON, Neil appointed
secretary
1996-01-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1995-11-17
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HEWITSON, David appointed
secretary
1995-11-17
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HEWITSON, David resigned
secretary
1995-11-17
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HEWITSON, David resigned
director
1987-06-04
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Company incorporated
As BUILDING CRAFTSMEN (YEOVIL) 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 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 39 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William James Hewitson Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1958 · age 68	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Neil Hewitson Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1987-06-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

The Hollies

Peatford

Lockerbie

DG11 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-11

Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HEWITSON, Neil→

director · ~63y · appointed 2007-09-01

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Active

HEWITSON, William James→

director · ~68y

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Active

HEWITSON, David→

secretary · appointed 1995-11-17 · resigned 1996-12-04

Resigned

HEWITSON, David→

secretary · resigned 1995-11-17

Resigned

HEWITSON, Neil→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-04 · resigned 2008-12-17

Resigned

HEWITSON, David→

director · ~94y · resigned 1995-11-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	21/01/1996	—

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