BC (SCOTLAND) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC184316 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-30
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.9y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-06-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
  4. 2025-05-09
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2025-05-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2025-05-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-05-02
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Colin Ian appointed
    director
  8. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-04-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2009-09-14
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Dorothy Georgina appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-09-14
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    FOTHERINGHAM, Janette Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-03-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BC (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
  22. 1998-03-30
    ➕
    FOTHERINGHAM, David Ian Rae appointed
    director
  23. 1998-03-30
    ➕
    FOTHERINGHAM, Janette Mary appointed
    secretary
  24. 1998-03-30
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-03-30
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Ian Rae Fotheringham
Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting13/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Ian Rae Fotheringhamceased 13/01/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated1998-03-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Westby
64 West High Street
Forfar
Angus
DD8 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CHAPMAN, Dorothy Georgina→
secretary · appointed 2009-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Colin Ian→
director · ~55y · appointed 2025-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOTHERINGHAM, David Ian Rae→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOTHERINGHAM, Janette Mary→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-30 · resigned 2009-09-14
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-30 · resigned 1998-03-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Virgin Money) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—11/06/2025—
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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06