SB WELL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC485943 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-04
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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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£46.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £46,390
Net assets shrinking
Down £25,155 YoY
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£55k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£46k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£55k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£38k£58k£77k£96kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£50.4k£80.4k
Current assets£54.6k£96.1k
Cash£54.6k£85.9k
Debtors£4£10.2k
Net assets£46.4k£71.5k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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  2. 2026-04-06
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  3. 2025-06-02
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  4. 2025-04-15
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  5. 2024-02-21
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  6. 2023-02-15
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  7. 2022-09-08
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  8. 2022-09-08
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  9. 2022-09-08
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  10. 2022-07-13
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-07-08
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    BROWN, Yvonne Margaret appointed
    director
  12. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2021-04-23
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  14. 2020-09-10
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  15. 2020-01-17
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  16. 2018-12-31
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  17. 2017-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As SB WELL SERVICES LTD
  19. 2014-09-04
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    BROWN, Steven Imrie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Yvonne Margaret Brown
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Steven Imrie Brown
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Steven Imrie Brownceased 21/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2014-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

12 Traill Drive
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8SW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Steven Imrie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-09-04
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Active
BROWN, Yvonne Margaret→
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-07-08
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-13