BAYHEAD SHOP LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC352329 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-10
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£55.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
46 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 £55,814
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,299 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£56k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£147k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£41k£81k£122k£162k£203kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£82.1k£80.4k
Current assets£147.2k£202.6k
Net assets£55.8k£78.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-01
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    MACCORQUODALE, Fraser Main appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-05-09
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    MACLEAN, John Lewis appointed
    director
  12. 2022-05-08
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    MACLEAN, Ewen resigned
    director
  13. 2021-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2017-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-01-19
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  20. 2008-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BAYHEAD SHOP LTD
  21. 2008-12-10
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Allan appointed
    director
  22. 2008-12-10
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Ewen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MACLEAN, John Lewis (same surname) appointed 2022-05-09. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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 John Lewis Maclean
Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/05/2022
Mr Allan Maclean
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ewen Macleanceased 08/05/2022· 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
Incorporated2008-12-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Bayhead
Isle Of North Uist
Isle Of North Uist
HS6 5DT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MACCORQUODALE, Fraser Main→
director · ~40y · appointed 2026-04-01
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Active
MACLEAN, Allan→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-12-10
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Active
MACLEAN, John Lewis→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-05-09
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Active
MACLEAN, Ewen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-12-10 · resigned 2022-05-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-30