BUG AWAY PEST CONTROL LTD.

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SC812836 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£10.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Disinfecting and exterminating services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £10,310

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£10k
Current Assets
£715
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£10.3k
Current assets£715
Net assets£10.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-14
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-06-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUG AWAY PEST CONTROL LTD.
  4. 2024-06-06
    CALLAGHAN, Craig appointed
    director
  5. 2024-06-06
    📄
    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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-08-14: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craig Callaghan
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81291 — Disinfecting and exterminating services

Registered office

0/1 3 Macbride Way
Renton
Dumbarton
G82 4QW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CALLAGHAN, Craig
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-06-06
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Recent filings (4 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-08-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-06