BAYWRASSE ENTERPRISES LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC590189 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-02
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,139
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£1k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Current Assets
£33
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£1k-£905-£670-£436-£201£33Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£25.0k£-1.0k
Current assets£33£33
Cash£33
Net assets£-1.1k£-1.0k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2018-03-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BAYWRASSE ENTERPRISES LTD
  10. 2018-03-02
    WILLIAMSON, Laurence Andrew appointed
    director
  11. 2018-03-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Laurence Andrew Williamson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest02/03/2018

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
Incorporated2018-03-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Blydoit Industrial Estate Blydoit Park
Scalloway
Shetland
ZE1 0UG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Laurence Andrew
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-03-02
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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2019-04-21