BAHADAR SINGH ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC172173 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-10

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£335.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
71129Other engineering activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £335,003

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£335k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Assets

£369k

↑ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£335.0k	£258.4k
Current assets	£369.2k	£288.2k
Net assets	£335.0k	£258.4k

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

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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2022-12-27
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2022-01-06
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2021-02-06
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2020-01-08
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2019-01-07
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2018-01-11
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2016-11-17
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2016-03-05
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2015-12-30
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2015-11-06
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2015-03-08
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1997-02-10
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Company incorporated
As BAHADAR SINGH ENGINEERING LIMITED
1997-02-10
➕
SANDHU, Rajdeep Kaur appointed
secretary
1997-02-10
➕
SANDHU, Rajdeep Kaur appointed
director
1997-02-10
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SINGH, Bahadar appointed
director
1997-02-10
➕
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-10
➖
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-10
➕
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-02-10
➖
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100

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 "SINGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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 29 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
Mrs Rajdeep Kaur Sandhu Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Bahadar Singh Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66	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

Incorporated1997-02-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

Summit House

4 - 5 Mitchell Street

Edinburgh

EH6 7BD

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SANDHU, Rajdeep Kaur→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-10

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Active

SANDHU, Rajdeep Kaur→

director · ~58y · appointed 1997-02-10

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Active

SINGH, Bahadar→

director · ~66y · appointed 1997-02-10

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Active

FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-10 · resigned 1997-02-10

Resigned

FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-10 · resigned 1997-02-10

Resigned

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