BALMORAL POLYMER ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC072725 · ltd · incorporated 1980-10-06
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  3. 2024-01-05
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  4. 2023-04-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-03-29
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    MITCHELL, Paul Watt appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-08
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  14. 2015-12-15
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  15. 2015-03-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-12-31
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    MAIN, William Edwards appointed
    director
  18. 2002-12-31
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    BYTH, Robert William resigned
    director
  19. 2001-03-22
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    BYTH, Robert William appointed
    director
  20. 1994-11-22
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    MILNE, Jill J resigned
    director
  21. 1994-07-19
    ➕
    LOWDEN, Julie Thain appointed
    secretary
  22. 1994-07-19
    ➖
    HOGG, Eileen resigned
    secretary
  23. 1980-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BALMORAL POLYMER ENGINEERING LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Smith Milne
Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1980-10-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Balmoral Park
Loirston
Aberdeen
AB12 3GY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

LOWDEN, Julie Thain→
secretary · appointed 1994-07-19
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Active
MAIN, William Edwards→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-12-31
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Active
MILNE, James Smith→
director · ~86y
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Active
MITCHELL, Paul Watt→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-03-29
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Active
HOGG, Eileen→
secretary · resigned 1994-07-19
Resigned
BYTH, Robert William→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-03-22 · resigned 2002-12-31
Resigned
MILNE, Jill J→
director · ~72y · resigned 1994-11-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (100 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-11