BY PB LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC792979 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£50
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £50
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£50
Current Assets
£50
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £50 |
| Current assets | £50 |
| Net assets | £50 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-01-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-01-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-01-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-12-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BY PB LIMITED
- 2023-12-20➕CLARK, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2023-12-20➕CLARK, Lucy Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2023-12-20📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CLARK, Lucy Elizabeth (same surname) appointed 2023-12-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andrew Clark Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 20/12/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-12-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Summit House
Mitchell Street
Edinburgh
EH6 7BD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CLARK, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2023-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Lucy Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (9 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-01-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-01-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-20