BELL ISOLATION SYSTEMS LIMITED

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SC220229 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-14
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.4y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Average employees11

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-05-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-15
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    BELL, Janice Muriel Mcalpine resigned
    director
  10. 2020-06-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-06-01
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    BELL, Janice Muriel Mcalpine appointed
    director
  15. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-06-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2012-04-25
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    KENHARD, Sarah Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2010-09-01
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    KENHARD, Sarah Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2006-11-01
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    HUNTER, Irene resigned
    director
  22. 2006-07-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 2003-09-01
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    HUNTER, Irene appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2001-06-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BELL ISOLATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
  26. 2001-06-14
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    HUNTER, Irene appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-06-14
    ➕
    BELL, Alexander Gordon appointed
    director
  28. 2001-06-14
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-06-14
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-06-14
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2001-06-14
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Gordon Bell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Janice Muriel Mcalpine Bell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2001-06-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Unit 12a Oakbank Park Way
Mid Calder
Livingston
West Lothian
EH53 0TH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HUNTER, Irene→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Alexander Gordon→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-06-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2001-06-14
Resigned
BELL, Janice Muriel Mcalpine→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-06-01 · resigned 2020-06-15
Resigned
HUNTER, Irene→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-09-01 · resigned 2006-11-01
Resigned
KENHARD, Sarah Anne→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2012-04-25
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2001-06-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property05/07/2006—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property29/11/2001—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-15