BENCHMARK REFIT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC344666 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-20
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
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£50.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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 £50,332
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£28k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£49k£74k£99k£124kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£66.2k£56.4k
Current assets£100.3k£123.5k
Cash£28.4k£54.7k
Debtors£70.0k£66.8k
Net assets£50.3k£47.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-11-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-10-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-10-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-26
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-21
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2019-05-20
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  17. 2019-05-20
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  18. 2008-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BENCHMARK REFIT LIMITED
  19. 2008-06-20
    ➕
    HAYMAN, Clifton Pascoe Sinclair appointed
    director
  20. 2008-06-20
    ➕
    SCOTT, Neil Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
Mr Clifton Pascoe Sinclair Hayman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Neil Alexander Scott
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Neil Alexander Scottceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2008-06-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

6 Lochside Road
Forfar
Angus
DD8 3JE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAYMAN, Clifton Pascoe Sinclair→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-06-20
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Active
SCOTT, Neil Alexander→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-06-20
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Active

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-30