B G VENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC207446 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-25
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 May 2025
Net worth
£671.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £671,206

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£283k
Net Worth
£671k
Current Assets
£796k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£159k£319k£478k£637k£796kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£671.2k—
Current assets£796.3k—
Cash£283.0k—
Debtors£503.4k—
Net assets£671.2k—

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-06-01
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    GALLOWAY, Fraser appointed
    director
  18. 2013-06-01
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Murray appointed
    director
  19. 2000-09-11
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, William Willoughby appointed
    director
  20. 2000-09-11
    ➕
    STUART, Allan appointed
    director
  21. 2000-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As B G VENT LIMITED
  22. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    STUART, Seonaid appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    GALLOWAY, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  24. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-05-25
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 William Willoughby Galloway
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-05-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

2 Hillbank
Inverkeithing
KY11 1BS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (6 active · 1 resigned)

STUART, Seonaid→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-25
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Active
GALLOWAY, Fraser→
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-06-01
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Active
GALLOWAY, Murray→
director · ~39y · appointed 2013-06-01
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Active
GALLOWAY, Susan Margaret→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-05-25
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Active
GALLOWAY, William Willoughby→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-09-11
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Active
STUART, Allan→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-09-11
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2000-05-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-26