BACHLAW LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC364803 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-01
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 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£4.56M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
76 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,555,879
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£432k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Net Worth
£4.6m
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£3.0m
↑ 3.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.65M | £4.56M |
| Current assets | £2.97M | £2.86M |
| Cash | £431.7k | £400.5k |
| Debtors | £2.53M | £2.45M |
| Net assets | £4.56M | £4.46M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-07-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2014-04-06➕MCLEAY, James Watt appointeddirector
- 2014-04-06➕MCLEAY, John Stephen appointeddirector
- 2012-06-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2010-07-13➖PIRIE, George Copland resigneddirector
- 2010-07-13➖WEST, David resigneddirector
- 2009-12-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-11-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-09-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BACHLAW LIMITED
- 2009-09-01➕DAVIS, Sarah Lynne appointedsecretary
- 2009-09-01➕DAVIS, Sarah Lynne appointeddirector
- 2009-09-01➕MCLEAY, Hamish Watt appointeddirector
- 2009-09-01➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-09-01➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-09-01➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2009-09-01➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
- 2009-09-01➕PIRIE, George Copland appointeddirector
- 2009-09-01➕WEST, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hamish Watt Mcleay Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sarah Lynne Davis Individual · British · DOB 06/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| F J PATERSON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH LTD→ SC609998 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| FUNDAMENTALS SPEECH AND LANGUAGE THERAPY LTD→ SC737020 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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7 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
Incorporated2009-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC87200 — Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Registered office
Victoria House
13 Victoria Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1XB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01
Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)
DAVIS, Sarah Lynne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-09-01
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DAVIS, Sarah Lynne→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2009-09-01
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MCLEAY, Hamish Watt→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-01
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MCLEAY, James Watt→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2014-04-06
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MCLEAY, John Stephen→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2014-04-06
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BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2009-09-01
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2009-09-01
PIRIE, George Copland→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2010-07-13
WEST, David→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-01 · resigned 2010-07-13
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 15/06/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 02/12/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 05/11/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (76 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10