BALGEDIE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC218877 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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, 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-17
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  3. 2023-09-18
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  4. 2022-09-20
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  5. 2021-09-21
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  6. 2020-09-22
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  7. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-10-08
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  9. 2018-08-15
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    address · AD01
  10. 2017-11-06
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-08
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  12. 2016-05-17
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  13. 2015-10-14
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-11-04
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-05-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2002-05-31
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    RAMSAY, Fiona Ann resigned
    director
  18. 2001-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BALGEDIE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2001-05-04
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    RAMSAY, Fiona Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-05-04
    ➕
    GREEN, Patricia Madeleine appointed
    director
  21. 2001-05-04
    ➕
    GREEN, Richard John appointed
    director
  22. 2001-05-04
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-05-04
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-05-04
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    RAMSAY, Fiona Ann appointed
    director
  25. 2001-05-04
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-05-04
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard John Green
Individual · British · DOB 12/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest04/05/2017

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
Incorporated2001-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Old Farmhouse
Easter Balgedie
Kinross
KY13 9HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RAMSAY, Fiona Ann→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Patricia Madeleine→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREEN, Richard John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2001-05-04
Resigned
RAMSAY, Fiona Ann→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2002-05-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-04 · resigned 2001-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-08