BEECH JOINERY & BUILDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC373773 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-26

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

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£43.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £43,127

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£43k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£70k

↑ 65% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£86.5k	£58.7k
Current assets	£70.1k	£42.6k
Net assets	£43.1k	£38.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-09-01
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2024-11-18
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2022-09-12
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2021-09-06
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2020-11-23
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2019-11-25
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2018-11-23
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2017-11-20
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2016-08-05
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2016-03-01
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2015-07-24
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2015-03-10
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2014-07-07
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PAULIN, Andrew Stuart appointed
director
2014-07-07
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2014-07-07
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2011-09-13
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MORISONS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2011-07-01
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PAULIN, Andrew Stuart resigned
director
2010-02-26
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Company incorporated
As BEECH JOINERY & BUILDING LIMITED
2010-02-26
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PAULIN, Nicola Fraser appointed
director
2010-02-26
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MORISONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-02-26
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PAULIN, Andrew Stuart appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 16 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

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 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Nicola Fraser Paulin Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Stuart Paulin Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-02-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Cranbrook

2 The Mount

Peebles

EH45 9EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-12

Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PAULIN, Andrew Stuart→

director · ~60y · appointed 2014-07-07

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Active

PAULIN, Nicola Fraser→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-02-26

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Active

MORISONS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-02-26 · resigned 2011-09-13

Resigned

PAULIN, Andrew Stuart→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-02-26 · resigned 2011-07-01

Resigned

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