BUSINESS CONTINUITY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC150072 · ltd · incorporated 1994-04-07

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 29.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.01M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62020Information technology consultancy activities
62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 29.9 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: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 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

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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 £1,010,398

Net assets shrinking

Down £59,905 YoY

Cash YoY

-4%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.1m

↓ 3.9% YoY

Net Worth

£1.0m

↓ 5.6% YoY

Current Assets

£1.5m

↓ 1.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.01M	£1.07M
Current assets	£1.51M	£1.53M
Cash	£1.10M	£1.14M
Debtors	£410.4k	£391.4k
Net assets	£1.01M	£1.07M

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

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-15
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accounts · AA
2024-08-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
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accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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accounts · AA
2019-11-20
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accounts · AA
2018-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-27
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officers · AP01
2015-10-01
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SCHNIDER, Morag appointed
director
2015-04-21
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annual-return · AR01
2011-05-01
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FISHER, Andrew appointed
director
2009-07-15
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SCHNIDER, Anton resigned
director
2009-06-15
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WILSON, William appointed
director
2003-07-21
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HARGREAVES, John Robert resigned
director
2003-05-20
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HARGREAVES, John Robert appointed
director
1996-06-04
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1994-04-07
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Company incorporated
As BUSINESS CONTINUITY SERVICES LIMITED
1994-04-07
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SCHNIDER, Morag appointed
secretary
1994-04-07
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1994-04-07
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1994-04-07
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1994-04-07
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director
1994-04-07
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SCHNIDER, Anton appointed
director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Wilson Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Fisher Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated1994-04-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

14 Alloway Place

Ayr

Ayrshire

KA7 2AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-21

Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

SCHNIDER, Morag→

secretary · appointed 1994-04-07

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Active

FISHER, Andrew→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-05-01

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Active

SCHNIDER, Morag→

director · ~61y · appointed 2015-10-01

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Active

WILSON, William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2009-06-15

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-04-07 · resigned 1994-04-07

Resigned

HARGREAVES, John Robert→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2003-07-21

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1994-04-07 · resigned 1994-04-07

Resigned

SCHNIDER, Anton→

director · ~61y · appointed 1994-04-07 · resigned 2009-07-15

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Floating charge debenture	1 property	04/06/1996	—

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Recent filings (87 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-05-05

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-15