BUSINESS EDGE SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC483458 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£71.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 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
37 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £71,116
Cash YoY
-22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£28k
↓ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£71k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£96k
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£19k£38k£57k£77k£96kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£91.2k£87.3k
Current assets£95.8k£92.9k
Cash£28.3k£36.5k
Debtors£67.5k£56.4k
Net assets£71.1k£63.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-03-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-20
    ➕
    SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas appointed
    director
  5. 2024-11-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-02-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-09-01
    ➕
    SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas appointed
    director
  10. 2023-09-01
    ➖
    SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas resigned
    director
  11. 2023-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-05-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-02-01
    ➖
    SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas resigned
    director
  20. 2014-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUSINESS EDGE SOLUTIONS LTD
  21. 2014-08-01
    ➕
    SHAH, Syed Ashfaq Hussain appointed
    director
  22. 2014-08-01
    ➕
    HEIMAN, Osker appointed
    director
  23. 2014-08-01
    ➖
    HEIMAN, Osker resigned
    director
  24. 2014-08-01
    ➕
    SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

21/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas (same surname) appointed 2024-11-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shah
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/03/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Syed Ashfaq Hussain Shahceased 03/03/2026· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2014-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

331 Paisley Road West
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G51 1LU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas→
director · ~35y · appointed 2024-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Syed Ashfaq Hussain→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEIMAN, Osker→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2014-08-01
Resigned
SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas→
director · ~35y · appointed 2023-09-01 · resigned 2023-09-01
Resigned
SHAH, Ali Saulat Abbas→
director · ~35y · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2015-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-19