B & K HUME GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC290502 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-20
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 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£546.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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
1 live charge · oldest 16.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.0 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: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £546,067
Cash YoY
+49%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£160k
↑ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£546k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£353k
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £685.8k | £485.7k |
| Current assets | £353.3k | £373.7k |
| Cash | £159.6k | £107.3k |
| Debtors | £132.7k | £179.9k |
| Net assets | £546.1k | £392.2k |
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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See pricing →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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24➖HUME, Caroline resignedsecretary
- 2022-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2010-04-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-09-20🏢Company incorporatedAs B & K HUME GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
- 2005-09-20➕HUME, Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2005-09-20➕HUME, Paul appointeddirector
- 2005-09-20➕HUME, Robert appointeddirector
- 2005-09-20➕HUME, Caroline appointedsecretary
- 2005-09-20➕HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-09-20➖HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-09-20➕HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-09-20➖HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HUME" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Hume Individual · British · DOB 09/1939 · age 87 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 01/09/2016 |
Mr Kenneth Hume Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/09/2016 |
Mr Paul Hume Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 01/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-09-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Willowbank Todholes
Greenlaw
Duns
Berwickshire
TD10 6XD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
HUME, Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2005-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUME, Robert→
Activedirector · ~87y · appointed 2005-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUME, Caroline→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-09-20 · resigned 2023-01-24
HOGG JOHNSTON SECRETARIES LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-20 · resigned 2005-09-20
HOGG JOHNSTON DIRECTORS LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-20 · resigned 2005-09-20
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 26/04/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (65 total)
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-07