BEN BUILDING SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC391999 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£516.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £516,118
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,328,582 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 70% YoY
Cash YoY
-70%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£557k
↓ 70% YoY
Net Worth
£516k
↓ 72% YoY
Current Assets
£710k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£407k£814k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£527.5k£1.87M
Current assets£709.9k£2.04M
Cash£557.0k£1.89M
Debtors£143.9k£140.0k
Net assets£516.1k£1.84M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2024-12-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-12-04
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2024-12-04
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-12-03
    ➕
    WILKINS, Michelle appointed
    director
  7. 2024-12-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-06
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  16. 2017-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-06-25
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    RENNIE, Neil Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2011-12-03
    ➕
    WARDROP, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2011-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As BEN BUILDING SERVICES LTD
  20. 2011-01-21
    ➕
    RENNIE, Neil Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Group structure

Ben Building Eot Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ben Building Eot Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BEN BUILDING SERVICES LTD
This company · SC391999

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ben Building Eot Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest03/12/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark Wardropceased 03/12/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2011-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

24a Ainslie Place
Edinburgh
EH3 6AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WARDROP, Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-12-03
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Active
WILKINS, Michelle→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-12-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENNIE, Neil Robert→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-01-21 · resigned 2015-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-12-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23