BUSINESS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC211436 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-28

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other information technology service activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	—	£63.9k	£56.6k
Current assets	—	£75.8k	£73.9k
Net assets	—	£63.9k	£56.6k
Average employees	200	—	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-05-12
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accounts · AA
2025-09-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-03
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EUNSON, Karen Elizabeth appointed
director
2023-03-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2004-08-31
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EUNSON, Karen Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2004-08-31
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HAWKINS, Roland George resigned
secretary
2004-08-31
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HAWKINS, Roland George resigned
director
2000-09-28
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Company incorporated
As BUSINESS SUPPORT SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED
2000-09-28
➕
LEARMONTH, Kevin Thomas appointed
director
2000-09-28
➕
HAWKINS, Roland George appointed
secretary
2000-09-28
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-28
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-28
➕
HAWKINS, Roland George appointed
director
2000-09-28
➕
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-28
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Ms Karen Elizabeth Eunson Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	05/03/2023
Mr Kevin Thomas Learmonth Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	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

Incorporated2000-09-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Uradale, East Voe

Scalloway

Shetland

ZE1 0US

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

EUNSON, Karen Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-31

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Active

EUNSON, Karen Elizabeth→

director · ~59y · appointed 2023-03-03

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Active

LEARMONTH, Kevin Thomas→

director · ~59y · appointed 2000-09-28

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Active

HAWKINS, Roland George→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-28 · resigned 2004-08-31

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-28 · resigned 2000-09-28

Resigned

HAWKINS, Roland George→

director · ~53y · appointed 2000-09-28 · resigned 2004-08-31

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-28 · resigned 2000-09-28

Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-09-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-04

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-03-04

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-03

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-03-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-05-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-15