B & B WARRENDER LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC224082 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-09
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 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£72.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 24.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.3 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: 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £72,502
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,274 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£73k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£174k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £78.7k | £113.6k |
| Current assets | £173.6k | £217.7k |
| Net assets | £72.5k | £91.8k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-03📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-05-03📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-04-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-28➕TOAL, Jean appointeddirector
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-10📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-10-28➕WARRENDER, Brian appointedsecretary
- 2018-10-27➖WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews resignedsecretary
- 2018-10-27➖WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews resigneddirector
- 2002-01-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-11-01➕WARRENDER, Brian appointeddirector
- 2001-11-01➕WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews appointedsecretary
- 2001-11-01➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-11-01➕WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews appointeddirector
- 2001-11-01➖JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-10-09🏢Company incorporatedAs B & B WARRENDER LIMITED
- 2001-10-09➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-10-09➕JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "WARRENDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Brian Warrender Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Betty Adam Bews Warrenderceased 27/10/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-10-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Registered office
14 Toch-Hill Place
Fordoun
Laurencekirk
AB30 1NY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
Active
Active
WARRENDER, Brian→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2001-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2018-10-27
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-09 · resigned 2001-11-01
WARRENDER, Betty Adam Bews→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2018-10-27
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-09 · resigned 2001-11-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
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 | 16/01/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (80 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-05-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-29
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29