BALDARROCH CREMATORIUM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC464317 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-22
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 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Funeral and related activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 10.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 8 | 800 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
10
filings
- • 7 officers
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
11
filings
- • 7 officers
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
13
filings
- • 7 officers
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-24📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-04-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-23➕BYFIELD, Stephen Keith appointeddirector
- 2026-04-23➕HAMILTON, Jeremy James appointeddirector
- 2026-04-23➕WYLIE, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2026-04-23➖ALEXANDER, Clifford Gary resignedsecretary
- 2026-04-23➖PURVES, John Timothy resigneddirector
- 2026-04-23➖ROBERTSON, Graeme Donald resigneddirector
- 2026-04-23➖SMITH, Brian Gordon resigneddirector
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-13➕ALEXANDER, Clifford Gary appointedsecretary
- 2022-10-13➖GARDEN, Raymond Alexander resigneddirector
- 2022-10-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-10-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-19➕PURVES, John Timothy appointeddirector
- 2015-11-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2015-10-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2013-11-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BALDARROCH CREMATORIUM LIMITED
- 2013-11-22➕GARDEN, Raymond Alexander appointeddirector
- 2013-11-22➕ROBERTSON, Graeme Donald appointeddirector
- 2013-11-22➕SMITH, Brian Gordon appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
1 med ·4 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: ALEXANDER, Clifford Gary resigned 2026-04-23; PURVES, John Timothy resigned 2026-04-23; ROBERTSON, Graeme Donald resigned 2026-04-23
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities
Registered office
Baldarroch Chapel & Crematorium
Crathes
Banchory
Kincardineshire
AB31 5JL
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
BYFIELD, Stephen Keith→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2026-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HAMILTON, Jeremy James→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2026-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WYLIE, Andrew John→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2026-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALEXANDER, Clifford Gary→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2022-10-13 · resigned 2026-04-23
GARDEN, Raymond Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2013-11-22 · resigned 2022-10-13
PURVES, John Timothy→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2016-01-19 · resigned 2026-04-23
ROBERTSON, Graeme Donald→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2013-11-22 · resigned 2026-04-23
SMITH, Brian Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2013-11-22 · resigned 2026-04-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/11/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/10/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (47 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22