COMPANY BUSINESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC308002 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-04
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£106.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
54 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £106,836

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£107k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£70k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£43k£64k£85k£107kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£109.0k£110.6k
Current assets£70.0k£74.3k
Net assets£106.8k£106.8k

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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-27
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  3. 2024-11-26
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    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-09-26
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  5. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-23
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-11-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2021-09-28
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  10. 2020-09-24
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  11. 2019-06-28
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  12. 2018-06-28
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  13. 2018-05-03
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  14. 2018-05-03
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-02-26
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-01-31
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    PITTMAN, Eileen Grace Cameron resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-05-01
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    PITTMAN, Kirsty appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-07
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    PITTMAN, Philip John appointed
    director
  20. 2006-09-07
    ➕
    PITTMAN, Eileen Grace Cameron appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-09-07
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    BKF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-09-07
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    BKF INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  23. 2006-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As COMPANY BUSINESS LIMITED
  24. 2006-09-04
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    BKF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-09-04
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    BKF INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Phillip Pittman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

7 Skaterigg Drive
Jordanhill
Glasgow
G13 1SR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PITTMAN, Kirsty→
director · ~36y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PITTMAN, Philip John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PITTMAN, Eileen Grace Cameron→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-07 · resigned 2015-01-31
Resigned
BKF SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2006-09-07
Resigned
BKF INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2006-09-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-11-23
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-24