BERG DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC239448 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-12
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£4.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,023
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 163% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£19k£28k£37k£47kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£5.2k£2.3k
Current assets£21.7k£46.6k
Cash£11.4k£35.3k
Debtors£9.2k£10.1k
Net assets£4.0k£1.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-11
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  3. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-10-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-10-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-10-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-10-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2021-10-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-09-30
    ➖
    SHERRIFF, Andrew Sinclair resigned
    secretary
  14. 2021-09-30
    ➖
    SHERRIFF, Andrew Sinclair resigned
    director
  15. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-03-16
    ➕
    RENNIE, Dorothy Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2002-11-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BERG DESIGN LIMITED
  21. 2002-11-12
    ➕
    RENNIE, William Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-12
    ➕
    SHERRIFF, Andrew Sinclair appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-11-12
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-11-12
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-11-12
    ➕
    SHERRIFF, Andrew Sinclair appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Dorothy Anne Rennie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2021
Mr William Graham Rennie
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Sinclair Sherriffceased 30/09/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2002-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Pitfour Lodge
Glencarse
Perth
PH2 7NF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

RENNIE, Dorothy Anne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENNIE, William Graham→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHERRIFF, Andrew Sinclair→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-12 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-12 · resigned 2002-11-12
Resigned
SHERRIFF, Andrew Sinclair→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-11-12 · resigned 2021-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-12