BETHANY BEE LIMITED

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SC298553 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-10
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
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£51
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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 £51
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,864 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 99% YoY
Cash YoY
-99%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£517
↓ 99% YoY
Net Worth
£51
↓ 98% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 97% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£16k£24k£32k£40kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£42.3k£2.9k
Current assets£1.2k£40.4k
Cash£517£39.9k
Debtors£679£497
Net assets£51£2.9k

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-14
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-12
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  9. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BETHANY BEE LIMITED
  17. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Priscilla appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    BUCHAN, Priscilla appointed
    director
  19. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    BUCHAN, William Noble appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-10
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-03-10
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-03-10
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-03-10
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
William Noble Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Priscilla Buchan
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2006-03-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

15 Strichen Court
Fraserburgh
AB43 9SZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BUCHAN, Priscilla→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, Priscilla→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUCHAN, William Noble→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2006-03-10
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-10 · resigned 2006-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-12
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2020-03-12