BELLTREE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC160001 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£731.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 06100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 06200SIC 06200
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £731,259
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£52k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£731k
↑ 7.2% YoY
Current Assets
£908k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£189k£378k£567k£756k£945kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£732.1k£683.2k
Current assets£908.1k£945.2k
Cash£52.3k£101.1k
Debtors£521.7k£510.0k
Net assets£731.3k£682.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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  3. 2025-07-02
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    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2022-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-03-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2022-03-25
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    CLARK, Ronald William resigned
    secretary
  13. 2022-03-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2022-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2022-01-13
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  16. 2022-01-13
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  17. 2022-01-13
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2022-01-07
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    REID, Robert Paul, Sir resigned
    director
  19. 2021-12-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2021-12-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2021-12-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  22. 2021-12-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  23. 2017-11-06
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    MILLER, Abby resigned
    secretary
  24. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    REID, Robert Paul, Sir appointed
    director
  25. 2017-08-17
    ➖
    DUNMORE, William John resigned
    director
  26. 2014-05-12
    ➕
    MILLER, Abby appointed
    secretary
  27. 2013-01-01
    ➕
    DUNMORE, William John appointed
    director
  28. 2007-10-19
    ➖
    DORAISAMY, Geetha resigned
    secretary
  29. 2007-10-08
    ➕
    CLARK, Ronald William appointed
    secretary
  30. 1995-08-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BELLTREE LIMITED
  31. 1995-08-25
    ➕
    CLARK, Rodrick Alexander appointed
    director
  32. 1995-08-25
    ➕
    DORAISAMY, Geetha appointed
    secretary
  33. 1995-08-25
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1995-08-25
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  35. 1995-08-25
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  36. 1995-08-25
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Group structure

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

🏛️
Btec Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BELLTREE LIMITED
This company · SC160001

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
Btec Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/01/2022
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Rodrick Alexander Clarkceased 12/01/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Btec Holdings Limitedceased 16/12/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Rodrick Alexander Clarkceased 16/12/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-08-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

134 Calton Road
Edinburgh
EH8 8JQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

CLARK, Rodrick Alexander→
director · ~63y · appointed 1995-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Ronald William→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-08 · resigned 2022-03-25
Resigned
DORAISAMY, Geetha→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-25 · resigned 2007-10-19
Resigned
MILLER, Abby→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-12 · resigned 2017-11-06
Resigned
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-08-25 · resigned 1995-08-25
Resigned
DUNMORE, William John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2017-08-17
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-08-25 · resigned 1995-08-25
Resigned
REID, Robert Paul, Sir→
director · ~92y · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2022-01-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (108 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-08-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-28