BAIRD'S PHARMACY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC438418 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-07

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 12.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£1.17M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 12.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,170,125

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£456k

Net Worth

£1.2m

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31
Cash	£455.8k
Net assets	£1.17M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
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officers · CH01
2025-11-17
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capital · SH06
2025-11-17
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capital · SH03
2025-07-03
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accounts · AA01
2025-02-20
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accounts · AA
2024-09-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-09
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officers · CH01
2024-08-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-28
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officers · CH01
2024-08-28
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officers · CH01
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA
2024-03-13
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officers · TM01
2024-02-01
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address · AD02
2024-01-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-31
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2024-01-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
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2023-08-31
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FORSYTH, Douglas Ross resigned
director
2021-09-22
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2021-09-22
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2021-09-09
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Charge satisfied #7
2021-09-09
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Charge satisfied #6
2021-09-09
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Charge satisfied #5
2021-09-09
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Charge satisfied #4
2021-09-07
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-03-07
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2018-11-07
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FORSYTH, Douglas Ross appointed
director
2017-03-01
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2017-02-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2017-02-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-02-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-02-08
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2017-02-08
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2016-06-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-04-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2013-11-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-12-07
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Company incorporated
As BAIRD'S PHARMACY LIMITED
2012-12-07
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BAIRD, Michelle appointed
secretary
2012-12-07
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BAIRD, Michelle appointed
director
2012-12-07
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BAIRD, Myrtle appointed
director
2012-12-07
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BAIRD, Nicol Robert appointed
director
2012-12-07
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BAIRD, Robert Mackie appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAIRD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nicol Robert Baird Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Santander Uk Plcceased 09/09/2021· 75-100% shares
Mrs Michelle Bairdceased 08/12/2023· significant influence

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-12-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

302-308 Clifton Road

Aberdeen

Aberdeenshire

AB24 4HP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09