B & K HESP LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC331953 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-05

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 18.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,716

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,769 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£6k

↓ 45% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↓ 65% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.7k	£10.5k
Current assets	£5.5k	£15.7k
Net assets	£5.7k	£10.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-06-22
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accounts · AA
2024-04-19
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accounts · AA
2023-04-13
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accounts · AA
2022-04-22
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accounts · AA
2021-04-20
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accounts · AA
2020-04-24
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accounts · AA
2019-04-16
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accounts · AA
2018-04-13
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accounts · AA
2017-04-24
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accounts · AA
2016-05-02
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accounts · AA
2015-10-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-20
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mortgage · MR04
2015-07-20
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mortgage · MR05
2015-07-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2015-05-27
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mortgage · MR05
2015-05-06
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mortgage · MR04
2015-05-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-01-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-01-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-10-05
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Company incorporated
As B & K HESP LTD
2007-10-05
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HESP, Bryan Ernest appointed
secretary
2007-10-05
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HESP, Bryan Ernest appointed
director
2007-10-05
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HESP, Kathryn Mary appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HESP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Kathryn Mary Hesp Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Bryan Ernest Hesp Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-10-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

24 Fairview Road, Danestone

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB22 8ZG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-19

Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HESP, Bryan Ernest→

secretary · appointed 2007-10-05

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Active

HESP, Bryan Ernest→

director · ~76y · appointed 2007-10-05

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Active

HESP, Kathryn Mary→

director · ~75y · appointed 2007-10-05

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	28/01/2008	20/07/2015
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	21/01/2008	06/05/2015