BEARING PRO TOOLS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC624322 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-13
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.8y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
20 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£35k£52k£70k£87kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£152.9k
Current assets—£65.4k
Cash—£18.6k
Debtors—£6.6k
Net assets—£86.9k
Average employees300—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-25
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-10-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Scottish Growth Scheme - Business Loans Scotland Debt Finance L.P. Acting by Its General Partner Bls Management Services Limited
  10. 2022-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-03-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BEARING PRO TOOLS LIMITED
  15. 2019-03-13
    ➕
    MACPHAIL, Gillian Claire appointed
    director
  16. 2019-03-13
    ➕
    MACPHAIL, James Malcolm appointed
    director
  17. 2019-03-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr James Malcolm Macphail
Individual · British · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
50–75%
—50-75% shares12/03/2026
Mrs Gillian Claire Macphail
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest13/03/2019

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
Incorporated2019-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 10 Harlaw Way
Harlaw Industrial Estate
Inverurie
Aberdeenshire
AB51 4SG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MACPHAIL, Gillian Claire→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-03-13
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Active
MACPHAIL, James Malcolm→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-03-13
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Scottish Growth Scheme - Business Loans Scotland Debt Finance L.P. Acting by Its General Partner Bls Management Services
Scottish Growth Scheme - Business Loans Scotland Debt Finance L.P. Acting by Its General Partner Bls Management Services Limited
A registered charge—18/10/2022—
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Recent filings (20 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-19