BEARSDEN SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC394655 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-03
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 9.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    FABRE-MELTZER, Alexandra appointed
    director
  2. 2026-02-19
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  3. 2025-12-16
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  4. 2024-12-19
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  5. 2023-12-26
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  6. 2022-11-28
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  7. 2022-10-11
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  8. 2022-10-11
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  9. 2021-12-19
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  10. 2021-03-26
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  11. 2019-12-20
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  12. 2018-12-20
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  13. 2018-01-04
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  14. 2017-03-03
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  15. 2017-03-03
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2017-02-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
  17. 2017-02-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
  18. 2017-01-12
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  19. 2016-11-18
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    FABRE-MELTSER, Alexandra resigned
    director
  20. 2016-11-18
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  21. 2012-07-01
    ➕
    FABRE-MELTSER, Alexandra appointed
    director
  22. 2011-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BEARSDEN SOLUTIONS LTD
  23. 2011-03-03
    ➕
    PRESCOTT, Lee Mark Raymond 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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
Mr Lee Mark Raymond Prescott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Ms Alexandra Fabre-Meltzer
Individual · French · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

8 Jackson Place
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 1RZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FABRE-MELTZER, Alexandra→
director · ~51y · appointed 2026-02-19
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Active
PRESCOTT, Lee Mark Raymond→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-03-03
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Active
FABRE-MELTSER, Alexandra→
director · ~51y · appointed 2012-07-01 · resigned 2016-11-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property28/02/2017—
outstanding
Shawbrook
Shawbrook Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property28/02/2017—
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Recent filings (37 total)

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officers · AP01
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2025-12-16
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2025-10-14
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2024-12-19
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2024-10-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13