BUSINESS EQUILIBRIUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC276179 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£16.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
66 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,681
Cash YoY
+367%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 367% YoY
Net Worth
£17k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£319k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£64k£128k£192k£255k£319kMar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£18.1k£27.1k
Current assets£319.3k£278.9k
Cash£10.4k£2.2k
Debtors£308.9k£276.7k
Net assets£16.7k£16.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-02-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-01-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-19
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-01-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-20
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2010-02-26
    ➕
    BROWN, Roy Spencer appointed
    director
  16. 2008-12-31
    ➕
    BROWN, Roy Spencer appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    FERGUSON, Shirley Ann Bowman resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-12-31
    ➖
    PATERSON, Raymond resigned
    director
  19. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Shirley Ann Bowman appointed
    director
  20. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Shirley Ann Bowman appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-06-22
    ➖
    YOUNG, James William Brian resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-06-22
    ➖
    YOUNG, James William Brian resigned
    director
  23. 2004-12-28
    ➖
    MILLER, Angela resigned
    secretary
  24. 2004-12-28
    ➕
    YOUNG, James William Brian appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-12-28
    ➕
    YOUNG, James William Brian appointed
    director
  26. 2004-11-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUSINESS EQUILIBRIUM LIMITED
  27. 2004-11-18
    ➕
    MILLER, Angela appointed
    secretary
  28. 2004-11-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2004-11-18
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-11-18
    ➕
    PATERSON, Raymond appointed
    director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mr Roy Spencer Brown
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/11/2016
Mrs Shirley Ann Bowman Ferguson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/11/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · EH postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
CHRIS B2B LTD→
SC465966 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
————12y——
CHROMSOC LIMITED→
SC466616 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————12y——
CIRCUMSPECT CONSULTING LTD→
SC777555 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
CITY ARCHITECTURE OFFICE LIMITED→
SC233462 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
————23y——
CIVITAS CONSULTING LTD→
SC825626 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
CJA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD.→
SC470475 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————12y——
CKY DESIGN LIMITED→
SC511126 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
————10y——
CLB 80 LIMITED→
SC807861 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
CLEARCUT TAX LIMITED→
SC750627 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
CLEARTAXATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
SC473300 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————12y——
CLH LIMITED→
SC635446 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
CLIENTA SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
SC881876 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-11-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Straiton View
Straiton Business Parc
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH20 9QZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BROWN, Roy Spencer→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Roy Spencer→
director · ~78y · appointed 2010-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, Shirley Ann Bowman→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, Shirley Ann Bowman→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
MILLER, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2004-12-28
Resigned
YOUNG, James William Brian→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-28 · resigned 2005-06-22
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2004-11-18
Resigned
PATERSON, Raymond→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
YOUNG, James William Brian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-12-28 · resigned 2005-06-22
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-19