HYDE-N-SEEK (BELLSHILL) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC355163 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£211.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.7y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £211,895
Cash YoY
+112%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£32k
↑ 112% YoY
Net Worth
£212k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£314k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£63k£126k£188k£251k£314kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£211.9k£202.5k
Current assets£313.8k£292.2k
Cash£31.5k£14.9k
Debtors£282.3k£277.3k
Net assets£211.9k£202.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-02-25
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  3. 2026-02-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-02-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-02-24
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    HARRISON, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  6. 2026-02-24
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    HARRISON, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  7. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2024-06-13
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  9. 2023-08-10
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  10. 2022-10-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2022-10-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  12. 2022-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-14
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  14. 2020-08-18
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  15. 2019-08-16
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  16. 2018-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  17. 2017-07-12
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  18. 2016-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  19. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    HARRISON, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    CLARKE, Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-09
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    HARRISON, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  23. 2009-03-09
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  24. 2009-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As HYDE-N-SEEK (BELLSHILL) LTD.
  25. 2009-02-17
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-02-17
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Ms Elizabeth Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control24/02/2026
Ms Jane Clark
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Elizabeth Harrisonceased 24/02/2026· 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
Incorporated2009-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

544 Scotland Street West
Glasgow
G41 1BZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HARRISON, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2026-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-02-17 · resigned 2009-03-09
Resigned
HARRISON, Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-03-09 · resigned 2026-02-24
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-02-17 · resigned 2009-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—19/10/2022—
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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-14