CBHS CONSULTING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC408494 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-30
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-14
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    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2024-04-16
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  7. 2024-04-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2024-04-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-04-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2023-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CBHS CONSULTING LTD.
  18. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Charles Bernard Hilton appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Charles Bernard Hilton, Commodore appointed
    director
  20. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    STEVENSON, Fiona Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  22. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  23. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  24. 2011-09-30
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  25. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  26. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Ms Fiona Margaret Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Commodore Charles Bernard Hilton Stevenson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76
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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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-09-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

3 Wester Coates Road
Edinburgh
EH12 5LU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

STEVENSON, Charles Bernard Hilton→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEVENSON, Charles Bernard Hilton, Commodore→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-09-30
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Active
STEVENSON, Fiona Margaret→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-16
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-04-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-25