BUILDTALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC235986 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£4.39M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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

2 live charges · oldest 22.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.7 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: high (80/100)

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

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,391,528

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£404k
Net Worth
£4.4m
↑ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£1.9m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£878k£1.8m£2.6m£3.5m£4.4mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£4.49M£3.77M
Current assets£1.91M£1.73M
Cash£404.1k—
Debtors£37.4k—
Net assets£4.39M£3.77M

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
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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  2. 2024-06-18
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  3. 2023-07-24
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  4. 2022-07-27
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  5. 2021-09-13
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  6. 2020-09-22
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  7. 2019-09-27
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  8. 2018-07-25
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  9. 2017-08-29
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  10. 2017-08-29
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  11. 2017-08-29
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  12. 2017-08-29
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  13. 2017-08-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-07-31
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  15. 2016-08-30
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  16. 2013-05-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2003-09-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  18. 2003-08-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  19. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    BUCHAN JNR, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Freda Christine appointed
    director
  21. 2002-09-17
    ➕
    BUCHAN JNR, Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2002-09-17
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-09-17
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BUILDTALL LIMITED
  25. 2002-08-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-08-28
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    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 24 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Freda Christine Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Alexander Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

28 Broad Street
Peterhead
AB42 1BY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BUCHAN JNR, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Freda Christine→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN JNR, Alexander→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-28 · resigned 2002-09-17
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-28 · resigned 2002-09-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property18/09/200303/05/2013
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property15/08/2003—
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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-28