BONHILL PHARMACY LIMITED

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SC284483 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£185.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £185,883
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,905 YoY
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£198k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£186k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£339k
↓ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£73k£147k£220k£294k£367kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£187.0k£217.3k
Current assets£338.6k£367.2k
Cash£197.6k£270.2k
Debtors£99.0k£48.9k
Net assets£185.9k£215.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-06-28
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  4. 2022-06-28
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  5. 2021-03-31
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  6. 2020-05-19
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  7. 2019-02-28
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  8. 2018-06-19
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  9. 2017-06-26
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  10. 2016-06-23
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  11. 2016-05-13
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  12. 2015-12-01
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  13. 2015-11-26
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    FERGUSON, Jim resigned
    secretary
  14. 2015-05-12
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  15. 2015-04-20
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  16. 2014-06-26
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  17. 2007-10-02
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    RAE, Elaine Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2007-10-02
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    FERGUSON, Jim appointed
    secretary
  19. 2007-10-02
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    RAE, James Falconer resigned
    secretary
  20. 2007-10-02
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    RAE, James Falconer resigned
    director
  21. 2005-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BONHILL PHARMACY LIMITED
  22. 2005-05-09
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    IRVINE, Kenneth William appointed
    director
  23. 2005-05-09
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    RAE, James Falconer appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-05-09
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-05-09
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-05-09
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    RAE, James Falconer appointed
    director
  27. 2005-05-09
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2005-05-09
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kenneth William Irvine
Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

C/O Bannermann Johnstone Maclay
213 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5QY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

IRVINE, Kenneth William→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAE, Elaine Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, Jim→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2015-11-26
Resigned
RAE, James Falconer→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-09 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-09 · resigned 2005-05-09
Resigned
RAE, James Falconer→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-05-09 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-05-09 · resigned 2005-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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2026-05-19
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2025-06-26
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2025-05-09
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2024-06-28
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2024-05-10
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2023-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
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2022-06-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
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2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2020-05-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-10
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accounts · AA
2019-02-28