BIOSCAPES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC077210 · ltd · incorporated 1982-01-18
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.07M
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01290
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
138 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,066,481

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£213k£427k£640k£853k£1.1mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£1.07M£1.07M
Current assets£1.07M£1.07M
Net assets£1.07M£1.07M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 change-of-name
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-11-26
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-10-23
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  4. 2024-10-25
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  5. 2023-10-24
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  6. 2022-11-04
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  7. 2021-11-08
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  8. 2021-07-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  9. 2021-07-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2020-11-06
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  11. 2019-12-09
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2019-10-18
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    TURNER, Davina Jane resigned
    secretary
  13. 2019-09-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-09-01
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    MATSON, Christopher Richard appointed
    director
  15. 2019-07-29
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  16. 2018-07-23
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  17. 2017-11-02
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  18. 2017-08-02
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  19. 2010-05-21
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    OAKSHOTT, Pauline Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-05-21
    ➕
    TURNER, Davina Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-01-01
    ➕
    DAWSON, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2002-01-01
    ➖
    HOPEWELL, Anthony Paul resigned
    director
  23. 1998-07-03
    ➖
    THE LORD FORBES, Nigel Ivan resigned
    director
  24. 1998-02-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  25. 1998-02-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  26. 1998-02-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  27. 1998-01-16
    ➖
    DOUGLAS, John Campbell resigned
    director
  28. 1994-07-27
    ➖
    FRASER, Patrick Alexander Campbell resigned
    director
  29. 1992-11-20
    ➖
    SEMLYEN, Eleanor Rachel resigned
    director
  30. 1992-11-06
    ➖
    LONGBOTTOM, Guy Mitchell resigned
    director
  31. 1992-03-19
    ➖
    COLEMAN, Christopher resigned
    director
  32. 1991-12-19
    ➕
    HOPEWELL, Anthony Paul appointed
    director
  33. 1991-09-19
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, John Campbell appointed
    director
  34. 1991-09-19
    ➖
    WORKMAN, John Donald Black resigned
    director
  35. 1983-05-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  36. 1982-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIOSCAPES LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

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

Evidence: 2026-03-09: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-11-26: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Topsoil Direct Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Topsoil Direct Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BIOSCAPES LIMITED
This company · SC077210

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Topsoil Direct Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1982-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01290 — SIC 01290

Registered office

Union Plaza (6th Floor)
1 Union Wynd
Aberdeen
AB10 1DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

DAWSON, Kenneth Eoin→
director · ~80y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAWSON, Paul Andrew→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MATSON, Christopher Richard→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OAKSHOTT, Pauline Elizabeth→
secretary · resigned 2010-05-21
Resigned
TURNER, Davina Jane→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-21 · resigned 2019-10-18
Resigned
COLEMAN, Christopher→
director · ~82y · resigned 1992-03-19
Resigned
DOUGLAS, John Campbell→
director · ~91y · appointed 1991-09-19 · resigned 1998-01-16
Resigned
FRASER, Patrick Alexander Campbell→
director · ~93y · resigned 1994-07-27
Resigned
HOPEWELL, Anthony Paul→
director · ~82y · appointed 1991-12-19 · resigned 2002-01-01
Resigned
LONGBOTTOM, Guy Mitchell→
director · ~68y · resigned 1992-11-06
Resigned
SEMLYEN, Eleanor Rachel→
director · ~83y · resigned 1992-11-20
Resigned
THE LORD FORBES, Nigel Ivan→
director · ~108y · resigned 1998-07-03
Resigned
WORKMAN, John Donald Black→
director · ~74y · resigned 1991-09-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property16/02/1998—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property16/02/1998—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property25/05/198324/02/1998
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Recent filings (138 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-06