BENTLEYS HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC212699 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of office and shop furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.4y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 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, 1 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
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-11-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-09-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-09-07
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    WALKER, Alan resigned
    director
  13. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2017-05-19
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    MONTGOMERY, Grant appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-06
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Robert appointed
    secretary
  20. 2016-03-06
    ➖
    BODIE, Gordon resigned
    secretary
  21. 2016-03-06
    ➖
    BODIE, Gordon resigned
    director
  22. 2013-10-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2013-09-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2009-12-31
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    LIVIE, John Mcqueen resigned
    director
  25. 2005-04-01
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Robert appointed
    director
  26. 2003-08-28
    ➕
    BODIE, Gordon appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-08-28
    ➖
    FERGUSON, Eileen Margaret May resigned
    secretary
  28. 2001-01-08
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Eileen Margaret May appointed
    secretary
  29. 2001-01-08
    ➖
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-12-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  31. 2000-11-30
    ➕
    MCVEIGH, Colin Gary appointed
    director
  32. 2000-11-30
    ➕
    BODIE, Gordon appointed
    director
  33. 2000-11-30
    ➖
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson resigned
    nominee-director
  34. 2000-11-30
    ➕
    LIVIE, John Mcqueen appointed
    director
  35. 2000-11-30
    ➕
    WALKER, Alan appointed
    director
  36. 2000-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BENTLEYS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  37. 2000-11-09
    ➕
    MESSRS THORNTONS WS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2000-11-09
    ➕
    HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Colin Gary Mcveigh
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence09/11/2020
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alan John Walkerceased 07/09/2020· significant influence
  • Mr Colin Gary Mcveighceased 16/12/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Alan Walkerceased 16/12/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC31010 — Manufacture of office and shop furniture

Registered office

Balgray Works
Balgray Place
Dundee
Angus
DD3 8SH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

ANDERSON, Robert→
secretary · appointed 2016-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
MCVEIGH, Colin Gary→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-11-30
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Active
MONTGOMERY, Grant→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-05-19
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Active
BODIE, Gordon→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-28 · resigned 2016-03-06
Resigned
FERGUSON, Eileen Margaret May→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-08 · resigned 2003-08-28
Resigned
MESSRS THORNTONS WS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2001-01-08
Resigned
BODIE, Gordon→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-11-30 · resigned 2016-03-06
Resigned
HUTCHESON, Iain Henderson→
nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-09 · resigned 2000-11-30
Resigned
LIVIE, John Mcqueen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-11-30 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
WALKER, Alan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-11-30 · resigned 2020-09-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property10/09/2013—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property01/12/200031/10/2013
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Recent filings (98 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09