HALL BAIRD SOLICITORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC514444 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-01
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£488.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £488,444
Cash YoY
+40%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.8m
↑ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£488k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£3.2m
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£636k£1.3m£1.9m£2.5m£3.2mOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£492.4k£417.5k
Current assets£3.18M£2.41M
Cash£2.77M£1.98M
Debtors£322.1k£353.4k
Net assets£488.4k£413.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-10
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-01
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-11
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-12
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    address · AD01
  16. 2015-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As HALL BAIRD SOLICITORS LIMITED
  17. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    BAIRD, Karen (Louise) appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    HALL, David (Robert Frederick) 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BAIRD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 Karen (Louise) Baird
Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David (Robert Frederick) Hall
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-09-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

The Old Exchange
Castle Douglas
Kirkcudbrightshire
DG7 1TJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-07
Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BAIRD, Karen (Louise)→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active
HALL, David (Robert Frederick)→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-09-01
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17