BAUM UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC234354 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-19

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£22

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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, 1 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

4 officers (3 active, 4 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

60 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £22

Net assets shrinking

Down £19,620 YoY

Cash YoY

+144%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£26k

↑ 144% YoY

Net Worth

£22

↓ 100% YoY

Current Assets

£48k

↓ 21% 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	£3.4k	£31.3k
Current assets	£48.4k	£61.1k
Cash	£25.5k	£10.5k
Debtors	£22.9k	£50.6k
Net assets	£22	£19.6k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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2024-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-03-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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accounts · AA
2020-10-09
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-26
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accounts · AA01
2018-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-11-28
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accounts · AA
2016-08-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-08-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2002-07-19
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Company incorporated
As BAUM UK LIMITED
2002-07-19
➕
MCALLISTER, Stuart appointed
secretary
2002-07-19
➕
ELLIS, Gail appointed
director
2002-07-19
➕
MCALLISTER, Stuart appointed
director
2002-07-19
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-19
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 24 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 Gail Ellis Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Mcallister Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73	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

Incorporated2002-07-19

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

9 Ainslie Place

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH3 6AT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-02

Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCALLISTER, Stuart→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-19

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Active

ELLIS, Gail→

director · ~70y · appointed 2002-07-19

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Active

MCALLISTER, Stuart→

director · ~73y · appointed 2002-07-19

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2002-07-19

Resigned

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