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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£211.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 3.5y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.5 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £211,895
Cash YoY
+112%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£32k
↑ 112% YoY
Net Worth
£212k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£314k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
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
- 2026-02-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-24➕HARRISON, Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2026-02-24➖HARRISON, Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-10-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-03-09➕HARRISON, Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2009-03-09➕CLARKE, Jane appointeddirector
- 2009-03-09➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-03-09➕HARRISON, Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2009-03-09➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
- 2009-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs HYDE-N-SEEK (BELLSHILL) LTD.
- 2009-02-17➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-02-17➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalMultiple 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Elizabeth Harrison Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/02/2026 |
Ms Jane Clark Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
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.
🔒Co-director network graph
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →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→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARKE, Jane→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-09
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HARRISON, Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2026-02-24
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-02-17 · resigned 2009-03-09
HARRISON, Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-03-09 · resigned 2026-02-24
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2009-02-17 · resigned 2009-03-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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