BORDER RENDER LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC733712 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 70 → 61
  • · Bankability: 70 → 60
  • · Distress / opportunity: avoid → attractive
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 3 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • Opportunity score: 7061
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 7060
  • ·Distress / opportunity: avoidattractive
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£122
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plastering
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed construction with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £122
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,400 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£122
↓ 98% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 95% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£122£7.5k
Current assets£1.1k£20.3k
Net assets£122£7.5k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-01-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-05-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BORDER RENDER LTD
  7. 2022-05-26
    CARNEGIE, Stefan appointed
    director
  8. 2022-05-26
    FORD, Ewan appointed
    director
  9. 2022-05-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-08

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ewan Ford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/05/2022
Mr Stefan Carnegie
Individual · British · DOB 05/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-05-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43310 — Plastering

Registered office

2 Peter Crawford Place
Kelso
TD5 7FE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARNEGIE, Stefan
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-05-26
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Active
FORD, Ewan
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-05-26
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-26