BO'NESS ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC211318 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-25

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£-71.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 22.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £71,073

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£71k

↓ 6.9% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-69.5k	£-64.9k
Current assets	£7.0k	£8.1k
Net assets	£-71.1k	£-66.5k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-06-30
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2024-06-27
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2023-06-29
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2022-09-30
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2021-06-24
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2020-05-22
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2018-12-11
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2018-06-04
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2017-05-04
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2016-04-22
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2015-11-09
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2015-03-27
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2014-10-01
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2014-07-16
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2013-10-03
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2008-05-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2004-04-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Scottish Courage Limited
2000-09-25
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Company incorporated
As BO'NESS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
2000-09-25
➕
ANDERSON, Colin William appointed
secretary
2000-09-25
➕
ANDERSON, Colin William appointed
director
2000-09-25
➕
ANDERSON, Fiona Veronica appointed
director
2000-09-25
➕
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-25
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-25
➕
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-25
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Colin Anderson Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/07/2016
Fiona Anderson Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/07/2016

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

Incorporated2000-09-25

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Rumbleden

6 Braehead

Boness

West Lothian

EH51 0DB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-09

Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ANDERSON, Colin William→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-25

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Active

ANDERSON, Colin William→

director · ~62y · appointed 2000-09-25

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Active

ANDERSON, Fiona Veronica→

director · ~61y · appointed 2000-09-25

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2000-09-25

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-25 · resigned 2000-09-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Scottish Courage Scottish Courage Limited	Floating charge	1 property	16/04/2004	21/05/2008