BSW SAWMILLS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC033398 · ltd · incorporated 1958-10-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 10 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
23 live charges · 9 lenders · oldest 37.8y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 9 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (60/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
23 charges (23/23 with lender, 23/23 with type)
90
Directors & officers
33 officers (2 active, 33 linked, 29 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
223 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (125 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-12-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-21➖MILNE, Alan Graham resignedsecretary
- 2024-02-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15➕FAULKNER, Mike appointeddirector
- 2023-09-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-07-31➖HACKNEY, Anthony Malcolm resigneddirector
- 2022-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #24
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #23
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #22
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #21
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #20
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #18
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2022-03-24🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2021-08-26🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2021-08-26🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2021-08-26🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2021-08-26🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2020-03-12🔒Charge registered #24Lender: Endless LLP (As Security Trustee)
- 2020-03-12🔒Charge registered #23Lender: Endless LLP (As Security Trustee)
- 2020-03-12🔒Charge registered #22Lender: Endless LLP (As Security Trustee)
- 2020-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2020-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2020-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2020-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-03-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-02-18🔒Charge registered #21Lender: Endless LLP (The Security Trustee)
- 2019-02-11🔒Charge registered #20Lender: Lombard North Central Public Limited Company
Showing most recent 50 of 125 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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 signalLimited 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 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Bsw Timber Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Bsw Timber Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BSW SAWMILLS LIMITED
This company · SC033398
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bsw Timber Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1958-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 7, Halbeath Interchange Business Park Kingseat Road
Halbeath
Dunfermline
Fife
KY11 8RY
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01
Officers (2 active · 31 resigned)
FAULKNER, Mike→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2023-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILNE, Alan Graham→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2017-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRIFFITHS, David Roger→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-08-31 · resigned 2008-12-04
JONES, Howard Jeremy→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-12-04 · resigned 2018-05-27
MILNE, Alan Graham→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2018-05-27 · resigned 2024-02-21
SANDERSON, Archibald Henderson→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-08-31
ADAM, Derek Hugh→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1991-04-01 · resigned 1999-07-23
BALFOUR, David James→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1999-03-08 · resigned 2001-05-31
BALFOUR, David James→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1992-03-27 · resigned 1994-01-05
BROWNLIE, Alexander John→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2018-03-16
BROWNLIE, John Mckittrick→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 1989-03-22
BURD, Christopher John Skidmore→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 1995-06-01
DAVENPORT, Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1999-03-12 · resigned 2000-12-08
GAYDA-LEWIS, Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1991-04-01 · resigned 2015-03-31
GRIFFITHS, David Roger→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · resigned 2008-12-04
HACKNEY, Anthony Malcolm→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2008-12-01 · resigned 2023-07-31
HAYES, Michael Hugh→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 1996-05-08 · resigned 1997-11-03
HULBERT, Philip Earle→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1997-05-23 · resigned 1999-07-23
JONES, Howard Jeremy→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2008-12-04 · resigned 2018-04-01
KEMP, John Dennis→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 1991-04-01 · resigned 1996-08-31
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Mortgages & charges
23
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:23 of 23 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Endless (As Security Trustee) Endless LLP (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 7 properties | 12/03/2020 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Endless (As Security Trustee) Endless LLP (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 2 properties | 12/03/2020 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Endless (As Security Trustee) Endless LLP (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/03/2020 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Endless (The Security Trustee) Endless LLP (The Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 2 properties | 18/02/2020 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lombard North Central Public Company Lombard North Central Public Limited Company | A registered charge | — | 11/02/2019 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Highlands and Islands Enterprise | A registered charge | 1 property | 17/02/2016 | 01/08/2016 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/11/2013 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | & Others / Christopher John Skidmore Burd | Security agreement | 1 property | 16/03/2010 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 28/01/2010 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/01/2010 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/01/2010 | 26/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 24/11/2009 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Standard security | 1 property | 24/11/2009 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 24/11/2009 | 03/03/2020 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 24/11/2009 | 03/03/2020 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Floating charge | 1 property | 12/11/2009 | 26/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/11/2009 | 24/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/11/2009 | 26/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | Welsh Development Agency | Legal charge | 1 property | 03/06/2003 | 12/11/2009 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/04/1994 | 26/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 19/04/1993 | 03/03/2020 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 08/03/1993 | 03/03/2020 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 04/07/1988 | 03/03/2020 |
Recent filings (223 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-12-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-24